In Aristotle's analysis of tragedy in the Poetics, we find an attempt to isolate the art, to consider only those things proper to it, to discover how it differs from other arts, and to deal with the effects peculiar to it.

However, the surface temperature gradient can produce erroneous vapor-pressure measurements for the bulk liquid helium unless precautions are taken to isolate the tube ( which passes through the surface to the vapor pressure bulb ) from the liquid helium surface.

The first attempts to isolate TSH came a decade later, when Janssen and Loeser ( 1931 ) used trichloroacetic acid to separate the soluble TSH from insoluble impurities.

They isolate out easily, naturally, and unambiguously from the continuum of nature and existence ; ;

The reason for blocking is to isolate a systematic effect and prevent it from obscuring the main effects.

Upon antigen binding, they cluster in large patches, which can exceed 1 micrometer in diameter, on lipid rafts that isolate the BCRs from most other cell signaling receptors.

In addition, he was the first to isolate the chemical urea from urine.

* To isolate the rider and luggage from jarring due to rough surfaces.

According to tradition, Constantine arranged for the rockface to be removed from around the tomb, without harming it, in order to isolate the tomb ; in the centre of the rotunda is a small building called the Kouvouklion ( Kουβούκλιον ; Modern Greek for small compartment ) or Aedicule ( from Latin: aediculum, small building ), which supposedly encloses this tomb, although it is not currently possible to verify the claim, as the remains are completely enveloped by a marble sheath.

He was only able to isolate dysprosium from its oxide after more than 30 attempts at his procedure.

Another isolate that appears to be related to these viruses has been isolated from pig faeces in New Zealand.

At the Eighth Plenum of the Central Committee of the Party which lasted from 26 February – 8 March 1948, Xoxe was implicated in a plot to isolate Hoxha and consolidate his own power.

In a key experiment he used a prism to isolate ultraviolet radiation from sunlight and observed blue light emitted by an ethanol solution of quinine exposed by it.

Griffith was also able to isolate both live II-R and live III-S strains of pneumococcus from the blood of these dead mice.

It was originally settled by Quaker missionaries who built a penitentiary so to isolate prisoners from each other so they could contemplate the gravity of their sins.

A collection of communists moved quickly after World War II to subdue all potential political enemies in Albania, break the country's landowners and minuscule middle class, and isolate Albania from western powers in order to establish the People's Republic of Albania.

These procedures consist in assuming that he can isolate from the rest of the world a closed system containing a limited number of variables and a limited range of consequences .”

Certainly they may be private persons, but if so, their position as such does not in any way isolate them from their other relationship.

An exception to this is the recent Hohner XB-40 where valves are placed not to isolate single reeds but rather to isolate entire chambers from being active.

In the former Soviet Union, psychiatric hospitals were used as prisons in order to isolate political prisoners from the rest of society.

John's strategy was to isolate the rebel barons in London, protect his own supply lines to his key source of mercenaries in Flanders, prevent the French from landing in the south-east, and then win the war through slow attrition.

They can also be used to cover the retreat of forces disengaging from the enemy, or for interdiction of supporting units to isolate front line units from resupply.

In fact, no attempt to show a relationship with Ainu to any other language has gained wide acceptance, and Ainu is currently considered to be a language isolate.

The majority consensus is that Etruscan is related only to other members of what is called the Tyrsenian language family which is an isolate family, that is, unrelated to other language groups by any known relationship ( see Language isolate ).

The Basque language of the western Pyrenees is an isolate unrelated to any other group, while Maltese is the only Semitic language in Europe with national language status.

By contrast, so far as is known, the Basque language is an absolute isolate: It has not been shown to be related to any other language despite numerous attempts, though it has been influenced by neighboring Romance languages.

The first is that many of the gas piston modifications for the M4 isolate the piston so that piston jams or related malfunction require the entire weapon be disassembled, such disassembly cannot be performed by the end user and requires a qualified armorer to perform out of field, whereas any malfunction with the direct-impingement system can be fixed by the end user in field.

The law allows for a health officer who have reasonable grounds to detain, isolate, quarantine anyone or anything believed to be infected and to restrict any articles from leaving a designated quarantine area.

A 12v relay is often used to isolate any second battery in cars, 4WDs, RVs and boats.

It can also be used to isolate a worn section of rope, where the knot is tied such that the worn section is isolated in the loop ( which of course does not receive a carabiner nor bear any loads in this case ).

When the invaders seize one of these " blocks ", they effectively control all communications within it and can isolate its inhabitants from the outside world, deny the central government any access to them and consolidate control at their leisure.

With these valves the operator can isolate any segment of the line for maintenance work or isolate a rupture or leak.

In theory, liposomes should make an ideal drug delivery system since they can isolate nearly any hydrophilic drug, can be grafted with molecules to target specific tissues and can be relatively non-toxic since the body possesses biochemical pathways for degrading lipids.

A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical ( or " genetic ") relationship with other languages ; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common with any other language.

Burushaski ( burū ́ šaskī ), is a language isolate ( that is, not known to be related to any other language of the world ) of Pakistan.

These enabled him to elucidate the true nature of soap ; he was also able to discover the composition of stearin, a white substance found in the solid parts of most animal and vegetable fats, and olein, the liquid part of any fat, and to isolate stearic and oleic acids, the names of which he invented.

While some linguists believe it is a branch of Algonquian, it is generally regarded as a language isolate, with information too fragmentary and unreliable to make any definite connections to other languages.

The crew realizes they must isolate themselves and therefore disable their airplanes and vehicles, while pretending things are normal over their radio transmissions to prevent any rescue attempt from civilization.

The first is that many of the gas piston modifications for the M4 isolate the piston so that piston jams or related malfunction require the entire weapon be disassembled, such disassembly cannot be performed by the end user and requires a qualified armorer to perform out of field, whereas any malfunction with the direct-impingement system can be fixed by the end user in field.

The languages known as Totonac and Tepehua form a language family isolate ; that is, they are not known to be related to any other languages or language families.

This enables security to efficiently isolate potential trouble or to confiscate any prohibited materials.

A carrel desk is a small desk ( usually ) featuring high sides meant to visually isolate its user from any surroundings either partially or totally.

The mounted divisions were to isolate Gaza by stopping the Gaza garrison retiring and stopping any reinforcements from Huj and Hareira areas attempting to reinforce Gaza.