confinement

  • 21confinement — State of being confined; shut in; imprisoned; detention in penal institution. Confinement may be by either a moral or a physical restraint, by threats of violence with a present force, or by physical restraint of the person. See also commitment… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 22confinement — State of being confined; shut in; imprisoned; detention in penal institution. Confinement may be by either a moral or a physical restraint, by threats of violence with a present force, or by physical restraint of the person. See also commitment… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23confinement — noun Date: 1592 an act of confining ; the state of being confined < solitary confinement >; especially lying in …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24confinement — /keuhn fuyn meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of confining. 2. the state of being confined. 3. the lying in of a woman in childbed; accouchement; childbirth. 4. Mil. incarceration in a guardhouse or prison while awaiting trial or as a punishment&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 25confinement —    the period of childbirth    Literally, no more than be cooped up, as in prison. Standard English:     The women continue working down to the day of their confinement. (Mayhew, 1851)    Thus to be confined, which might be taken as being unable&#8230; …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 26confinement — sulaikymas statusas T sritis fizika apibrėžtis Tinkamos įrangos naudojimas, siekiant kad radioaktyviosios medžiagos nepatektų į aplinką. atitikmenys: angl. containment vok. Containment, n rus. сдерживание, n; удержание распространения, n pranc.&#8230; …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 27confinement — apsauginis kevalas statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Įrenginys, sandarinantis reaktorių ir kitas radioaktyviąsias konstrukcijas uždaroje erdvėje ir apsaugantis aplinką nuo nekontroliuojamos radioaktyviųjų medžiagų skverbties. atitikmenys:&#8230; …

    Aiškinamasis šiluminės ir branduolinės technikos terminų žodynas

  • 28confinement — State of being confined; lying in for childbirth. See confined; confined to bed; confined to institution; house confinement clause …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 29confinement — confine ► VERB 1) (confine to) restrict (someone or something) within certain limits of (space, scope, or time). 2) (be confined to) be unable to leave (one s bed, home, etc.) due to illness or disability. 3) (be confined) dated (of a woman)&#8230; …

    English terms dictionary

  • 30Confinement Inertiel Électrostatique — Fusion nucléaire deutérium + tritium Le confinement inertiel électrostatique (en anglais Inertial electrostatic confinement ou IEC), ou plus simplement confinement électrostatique, est un procédé permettant, grâce à un champ électrostatique, de&#8230; …

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