containment

noun

1. 1

   The state of being contained.

2. 2

   The state of containing.

3. 3

   Something contained.

4. 4

   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. 5

   A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.

6. 6

   An inclusion