segregation from others; isolation: sequestration of jurors during a trial.
Law.
the sequestering of property.
confiscation or seizure.
Chemistry. the combining of metallic ions with a suitable reagent into a stable, soluble complex in order to prevent the ions from combining with a substance with which they would otherwise have formed an insoluble precipitate, from causing interference in a particular reaction, or from acting as undesirable catalysts.
the trapping of a chemical in the atmosphere or environment and its isolation in a natural or artificial storage area: Carbon sequestration can reduce global warming.
the process of implementing an automatic cut in government spending across most departments, agencies, etc.: efforts to avoid or delay sequestration.
an instance of this: An $80 billion sequestration would lead to massive layoffs.
Origin of sequestration
1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin sequestrātiōn- (stem of sequestrātiō), equivalent to sequestrāt(us) (past participle of sequestrāre to sequester) + -iōn--ion
OTHER WORDS FROM sequestration
non·se·ques·tra·tion,noun
Words nearby sequestration
sequential scanning, sequester, sequestral, sequestrant, sequestrate, sequestration, sequestrectomy, sequestrum, sequin, sequoia, Sequoia National Park
the act of sequestering or state of being sequestered
lawthe sequestering of property
chemthe effective removal of ions from a solution by coordination with another type of ion or molecule to form complexes that do not have the same chemical behaviour as the original ionsSee also sequestrant
Loss of blood or of its fluid content into spaces within the body, so that the circulating volume diminishes.
The inhibition or prevention of normal ion behavior by combination with added materials, especially the prevention of metallic ion precipitation from solution.