Definition of islanding in English

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islanding (Noun)
The condition of a distributed generation DG generator continuing to power a location even though power from the electric utility is no longer present.
islanding (Verb)
Present participle of island.

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Noun Plural: islands
island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
		dry land, solid ground, terra firma, earth, ground, land the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell); "it was hell on earth"
		archipelago a group of many islands in a large body of water
		caribbean island an island in the Caribbean Sea
		aegean island an island in the Aegean Sea
		barrier island a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore
island - a zone or area resembling an island
		zone (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
		kitchen island an unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides

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island (Noun)
A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
island (Noun)
An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
island (Noun)
A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
island (Noun)
A traffic island .
island (Verb)
To surround with water; make into an island.
island (Verb)
To set, dot as if with islands.
island (Verb)
To isolate.

island (n.)
A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.
island (n.)
Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
island (n.)
See Isle, n., 2.
island (v. t.)
To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.
island (v. t.)
To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.

island
A land mass, especially one smaller than a continent, entirely surrounded by water.
island
A barrier on roads and highways between the opposing flows of traffic, usually covered with vegetation.
island
Area in the middle of a road where pedestrians can wait while crossing.

island
ī′land, n. the smaller masses of land surrounded with water: a large floating mass.—v.t. to cause to appear like an island: to dot as with islands.—n. Islander (ī′land-ėr), an inhabitant of an island. [M. E. iland—A.S. ígland—íg, an island, and land, land; Dut. and Ger. eiland, Ice. eyland, Sw. and Dan. öland. A.S. íg is from a root which appears in Angles-ea, Aldern-ey, &c., A.S. eá, L. aqua, water, so that it originally means water-land. The s in island is due to a confusion with isle, from L. insula.]

island
of ICE, a name given by sailors to a great quantity of ice collected into one huge solid mass, and floating about upon the seas near or within the arctic circle.
Many of these fluctuating islands are met with on the coasts of Spitzbergen, to the great danger of the shipping employed in the Greenland fishery.

island
May be simply described as a tract of land entirely surrounded with water; but the whole continuous land of the Old World forms one island, and the New World another; while canals across the isthmuses of Suez and Panama would make each into two. The term properly only applies to smaller portions of land; and Australia, Madagascar, Borneo, and Britain are among the larger examples. Their materials and form are equally various, and so is their origin; some having evidently been upheaved by volcanic eruption, others are the result of accretion, and still more revealing by their strata that they were formerly attached to a neighbouring land. The sudden emergence of Sabrina, in the Atlantic, has occasioned wonder in our own day. So has that of Graham's Island, near the south coast of Sicily; and the Archipelago is daily at work.

island
He drank out of the bottle till he saw the island; the island is the rising bottom of a wine bottle, which appears like an island in the centre, before the bottle is quite empty.

An island is a piece of ground that is surrounded by water. Water is all around an island. Islands are smaller than continents.

The largest island in the world is Greenland, unless Australia is believed to be an island.

Some islands are their own countries. Examples of islands that are their own countries include Cuba, Iceland, and Madagascar. There are many others. Other islands have many countries, for example Borneo and Hispaniola.