postisolation

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adjective

Occurring after a period of isolation.

OriginEnglish isolation ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste →
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Meanings

adjectivepostisolation (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring after a period of isolation.

    In this case, the HABC results infer long-term persistence of populations in isolated refugia for all three species, even when allowing for postisolation migration.

    2009 February 6, Ana Carolina Carnaval et al., “Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 785–789

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishisolation
  8. Englishpostisolation

From post- + isolation.

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APA

postisolation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postisolation

MLA

“postisolation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postisolation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postisolation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postisolation.

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