- period of quarantine
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Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
period of quarantine
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quarantine — I UK [ˈkwɒrəntiːn] / US [ˈkwɔrənˌtɪn] noun Word forms quarantine : singular quarantine plural quarantines a) [uncountable] a situation in which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept separate from other people or animals so that… … English dictionary
quarantine — 1 noun (U) a period of time when a person or animal is kept apart from others in case they are carrying a disease: in quarantine (=being kept somewhere in a period of quarantine) 2 verb quarantined, quarantining (transitive often passive) to put… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
quarantine — quar|an|tine1 [ kwɔrən,tin ] noun uncount a situation in which a person or animal that might have a disease is kept separate from other people or animals so that they do not catch the disease: in quarantine: Animals can be kept in quarantine for… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
quarantine — I noun confinement, custody, detachment, medical segregation, period of detention, period of isolation, restraint of movement, sanitary cordon, seclusion, segregation, separation, strict isolation II index captivity, confine, constraint… … Law dictionary
Quarantine (disambiguation) — Quarantine is a medical term for the act of keeping an object in enforced isolation for a period of time to limit or prevent the spread of disease or infection. Quarantine may also be:* Quarantine (computer game), a video game for the 3DO and IBM … Wikipedia
quarantine — quar‧an‧tine [ˈkwɒrəntiːn ǁ ˈkwɔː ] noun [uncountable] when an animal or food product is kept apart from others in case it is carrying a disease, especially when it has just entered a country: • The exotic species will be kept in quarantine until … Financial and business terms
quarantine — ► NOUN ▪ a state or period of isolation for people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to contagious disease. ► VERB ▪ put in quarantine. ORIGIN originally denoting a period of forty days during which a widow who was… … English terms dictionary
quarantine — [kwôr′ən tēn, kwär′ən tēn΄] n. [It quarantina, lit., space of forty days < quaranta, forty < L quadraginta < base of quattuor,FOUR] 1. a) the period, orig. 40 days, during which an arriving vessel suspected of carrying contagious disease … English World dictionary
Quarantine — Quar an*tine, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine, fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four, and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadragesima}.] 1. A space of forty days; used of Lent. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quarantine flag — Quarantine Quar an*tine, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine, fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four, and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadragesima}.] 1. A space of forty days; used of Lent.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quarantine — (n.) 1520s, period of 40 days in which a widow has the right to remain in her dead husband s house. Earlier (15c.), desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days, from L. quadraginta forty, related to quattuor four (see FOUR (Cf. four)). Sense of… … Etymology dictionary
