means labour resulting in the issue of a living child or labour after twenty-eight weeks of pregnancy resulting in the issue of a child whether alive or dead
Using a combination of natural and artificial barriers to reduce the chance that a search subject can enter or leave an area without being noticed Examples: rivers, roadblocks, track traps, strings across the trail, infra-red detectors with alarms See also Attraction
As it pertains to radioactivity, the retention of radioactive material within some specified bounds Confinement differs from containment in that there is no absolute physical barrier in the former
The process by which some explosives, e g blackpowder, can change from extremely rapid burning to something approaching detonation For instance, blackpowder confined in a tube will produce a loud report when lit, whilst blackpowder burning loose does not
Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave. She had been held in solitary confinement for four months
Confinement techniques are the actions necessary to confine a hazardous material release to a limited area These actions occur remote from the spill or leak site and are therefore defensive