The status of a wildfire suppression action signifying that a control line has been completed around the fire, and any associated spot fires, which can reasonably be expected to stop the fire's s [..]

Actions taken to limit exposure after an incident has been identified and confirmed

Confinement

Gastight case around a reactor and the circuit and auxiliary systems so that - even after an incident - no radioactive substances may escape into the atmosphere and environment. The containment is one [..]

1650s, "action or fact of containing," from contain + -ment. As an international policy of the West vs. the Soviet Union, recorded from 1947.

act or policy of limiting the spread of an idea or influence.

US policy during the Cold War which sought the prevention of the spread of Communism to other countries.

Policy established by the Truman administration in 1947 to contain Soviet influence to what it was at the end of World War II.

U.S. Cold War foreign policy toward the Soviet Union, first articulated by George Kennan in 1947 with his famous "X" article in Foreign Affairs.

noun. with regard to objects relation theory, the idea that either the maternal party or the examiner facilitates development and relieves worries by maintaining a roe as the container or reserve for [..]

Contenimiento, Represión

A system condition in which under no condition reactants or products are exchanged between the chemical system and its environment.

The enclosure of process and/or control of the environment in which it is carried out in order to prevent the contamination of people by the materials used or vice versa.

A structure of steel and concrete, with inner and outer shells, that surrounds a nuclear power plant to prevent or limit the release of radioactive materials into the air.

The prevention of release, even under the conditions of a reactor accident, of unacceptable quantities of radioactive material beyond a controlled area. Also, commonly, the containing system itself.

(n) a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully(n) (physics) a system designed to prevent the acciden [..]

Containment of an adult with an intellectual or cognitive disability means the physical prevention of the adult freely exiting the premises where the adult receives disability services, other than by secluding the adult. The adult is not contained, however, if they are an adult with a skills deficit only, and the adult's free exit from the pre [..]

Enclosing or containing hazardous substances in a structure to prevent the migration of contaminants into the environment.

A remediation method that seals off all possible exposure pathways between a hazardous disposal site and the environment, which generally includes capping (putting an engineered soil cover over a cont [..]

Provision of physical and biological barriers to the dissemination of potentially hazardous biologically active agents (Bacteria, Viruses, Recombinant DNA, etc.). Physical containment involves the use [..]

The containment, Regulation, or restraint of costs. Costs are said to be contained when the value of resources committed to an activity is not considered excessive. This determination is frequently su [..]

the act or condition of taking measures to halt the spread or development of a disease

The isolation of an area of contamination within a building in order to prevent the spread of contaminate materials, by erecting a barrier of plastic sheeting or similar material.

The Cold War era foreign policy of the U.S. designed to prevent the spread of communism from Soviet Union and other communist nations into nations which are not communist.

Restriction of the movement of a fluid to a designated volume (e.g. reservoir)

Containment involves the use of seals to provide assurance of the physical integrity of an area or item in order to prevent undetected access to or movement of nuclear material or safeguards-relevant [..]

The process of enclosing or containing hazardous substances in a structure, typically in a pond or lagoon, to prevent the migration of contaminants into the environment.

Enclosing or containing hazardous substances in a structure to prevent the migration of contaminants into the environment.