Complete Definition of "containment"

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containment

  1. the act of containing or something contained
  2. 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
  3. a physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.

#mathematics an inclusion

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