Lexic.us

Definition of Isolating

1. Adjective. Relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles.

Definition of Isolating

1. Verb. (present participle of isolate) ¹

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Definition of Isolating

1. isolate [v] - See also: isolate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isolating

Literary usage of Isolating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Language by Henry Sweet (1900)
"isolating languages show grammatical relations partly by the relative position ... Other isolating languages, such as Burmese, make a more extensive use of ..."

2. Asia by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"The Races of isolating Speeds The first five languages in this table form the so-called " Monosyllabic," or " isolating " family, which differs in some ..."

3. Isolation and Aggregation in Economics by Ekkehart Schlicht (1985)
"It will be argued that this can be analysed by a straightforward generalization of the isolating approach underlying the moving equilibrium method. ..."

4. Asia: With Ethnological Appendix by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"The Races of isolating Speeds The first five languages in this table form the so-called " Monosyllabic," or " isolating" family, which differs in some ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1872)
"isolating Dressing of Wounds.—In an article in the last number of the Gazette Hebdomadaire, M. Viennois gives an interesting account of the " isolating ..."

6. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Another method of isolating and estimating arginine is based on Siegfried's ... afford a means of isolating the compounds (DBP 188005, 1906). ..."

7. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"In the example above, therefore, 15 or 20 cc. of normal alkali would be added. A control titration may also be 'made. V. PRESENT METHOD OF isolating ..."

8. American Hydroelectric Practice: A Compilation of Useful Data and by William Thomas Taylor, Daniel Harvey Braymer (1917)
"isolating Transformers to Reduce Arcing Ground Disturbances.—On the lines of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois practical use has been made for ..."

9. The History of Language by Henry Sweet (1900)
"isolating languages show grammatical relations partly by the relative position ... Other isolating languages, such as Burmese, make a more extensive use of ..."

10. Asia by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"The Races of isolating Speeds The first five languages in this table form the so-called " Monosyllabic," or " isolating " family, which differs in some ..."

11. Isolation and Aggregation in Economics by Ekkehart Schlicht (1985)
"It will be argued that this can be analysed by a straightforward generalization of the isolating approach underlying the moving equilibrium method. ..."

12. Asia: With Ethnological Appendix by Augustus Henry Keane, Richard Carnac Temple (1882)
"The Races of isolating Speeds The first five languages in this table form the so-called " Monosyllabic," or " isolating" family, which differs in some ..."

13. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1872)
"isolating Dressing of Wounds.—In an article in the last number of the Gazette Hebdomadaire, M. Viennois gives an interesting account of the " isolating ..."

14. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Another method of isolating and estimating arginine is based on Siegfried's ... afford a means of isolating the compounds (DBP 188005, 1906). ..."

15. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"In the example above, therefore, 15 or 20 cc. of normal alkali would be added. A control titration may also be 'made. V. PRESENT METHOD OF isolating ..."

16. American Hydroelectric Practice: A Compilation of Useful Data and by William Thomas Taylor, Daniel Harvey Braymer (1917)
"isolating Transformers to Reduce Arcing Ground Disturbances.—On the lines of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois practical use has been made for ..."

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