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| containment | |
| 1. subst. The state of being contained. |  |
| 2. subst. The state of containing. |  |
| 3. subst. Something contained. |  |
| 4. subst. 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. |  |
| 5. subst. a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant. |  |
| 6. subst. (mathematics) an inclusion |  |