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- Dictionaryconfinement/kənˈfʌɪnm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. the action of confining or state of being confined: "he was immediately released from his confinement" Similar Opposite
- 2. the condition of being in childbirth: dated "the pros and cons of home versus hospital confinement" Similar
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19 Jul 2024 · solitary confinement, form of incarceration in which a prisoner is isolated from other inmates. Critics of this controversial practice characterize it as inhumane. Solitary confinement, also called punitive segregation, is often used strictly as a punishment.
3 hari yang lalu · In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or, in modern times, electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to their residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all.
1 hari yang lalu · By comparing the quantum dot's size to the exciton Bohr radius, three regimes can be defined. In the 'strong confinement regime', the quantum dot's radius is much smaller than the exciton Bohr radius, respectively the confinement energy dominates over the Coulomb interaction. [116]
15 Jul 2024 · prison, an institution for the confinement of persons who have been remanded (held) in custody by a judicial authority or who have been deprived of their liberty following conviction for a crime. A person found guilty of a felony or a misdemeanour may be required to serve a prison sentence.
3 hari yang lalu · The energy added to the system by pulling two quarks apart would create a pair of new quarks that will pair up with the original ones. In QCD, this phenomenon is called color confinement; as a result only hadrons, not individual free quarks, can be observed.
18 Jul 2024 · Fusion reactor - Magnetic Confinement, Plasma, Fusion: Magnetic confinement of plasmas is the most highly developed approach to controlled fusion. A large part of the problem of fusion has been the attainment of magnetic field configurations that effectively confine the plasma.
15 Jul 2024 · My research on solitary confinement significantly contributes to the larger conversation in the field of criminal justice and corrections, particularly focusing on the long-neglected issue of prison reform.
