containment

Definitions

• (uncountable) The state of being contained.
• (uncountable) The state of containing.
• (uncountable) Something contained.
• (uncountable) a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
• (countable) a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
• (countable) an inclusion