Containment Definition
kən-tānmənt
noun
A containing or being contained.
Webster's New World
A policy of checking the expansion or influence of a hostile power or ideology, as by the creation of strategic alliances or support of client states in areas of conflict or unrest.
American Heritage
A structure or system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive materials from a reactor.
American Heritage
(uncountable, countable) Something contained.
Wiktionary
(countable, mathematics) An inclusion.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Containment
Noun
Singular:
containmentPlural:
containmentsOrigin of Containment
-
contain + -ment
From Wiktionary
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