• 1. a period of isolation or detention, esp of persons or animals arriving from abroad, to prevent the spread of disease, usually consisting of the maximum known incubation period of the suspected disease
• 2. the place or area where such detention is enforced
• 3. any period or state of enforced isolation
• 4. to isolate in or as if in quarantine
• 5. C17: from Italian quarantina period of forty days, from quaranta forty, from Latin quadr a gint a

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• 1. the limits within which a person or thing can function effectively
• 2. the limits within which any fluctuation takes place
• 3. the total products of a manufacturer, designer, or stockist
• 4. the maximum effective distance of a projectile fired from a weapon
• 5. the distance between a target and a weapon
• 6. an area set aside for shooting practice or rocket testing
• 7. the total distance which a ship, aircraft, or land vehicle is capable of covering without taking on fresh fuel
• 8. the distance that...

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