a doctrine developed after World War II based on the assumptions that the Soviet Union was an aggressor nation and that only a determined United States could block Soviet territorial ambitions
a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate pecefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"
a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant
(military) the act of containing something or someone; keeping it from spreading; "the army was charged with the containment of the rebel forces"
A window contains the pointer if the window is viewable and the hotspot of the cursor is within a visible region of the window or a visible region of one of its inferiors The border of the window is included as part of the window for containment The pointer is in a window if the window contains the pointer but no inferior contains the pointer
Achieving a level of control over a raw material, intermediate, or API that provides proper protection of these materials from external contamination and cross-contamination
Containment is the action or policy of keeping another country's power or area of control within acceptable limits or boundaries
Glass used in guarding situations designed to withstand specified loads and prevent people from falling
Most reactors are enclosed in a thick, concrete, domed building, called the containment In the event of a release of radioactive material into the reactor building, the containment traps the emissions and prevents their escape
When an objects data section contains objects An object is built as an aggregate of objects
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
Safe methods for managing infectious agents in the laboratory environment where they are being handled or maintained The purpose of containment is to reduce or eliminate exposure of laboratory workers, other persons and the environment to potentially hazardous agents
The containment of something dangerous or unpleasant is the act or process of keeping it under control within a particular area or place. Fire crews are hoping they can achieve full containment of the fire before the winds pick up. = control. the act of keeping something under control, stopping it becoming more powerful etc. Strategic U.S. foreign policy of the late 1940s and early 1950s intended to check the expansionist designs of the Soviet Union through economic, military, diplomatic, and political means. It was conceived by George Kennan soon after World War II. An early application of containment was the Truman Doctrine (1947), which guaranteed U.S. aid to "free peoples" resisting "armed subjugation" by communist forces. See also Marshall Plan
The containment is defined as a vented, high leak rate containment which normally operates at lower than atmospheric pressure Any increase in pressure in the containment due to breaches in the Primary Pressure Boundary as caused by a range of design basis events is relieved by venting to atmosphere