enclave
IPA: ˈɑnkɫeɪv
noun
- A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
- A group that is set off from a larger population by its characteristic or behavior.
- (computing) An isolated portion of an application's address space, such that data in an enclave can only be accessed by code in the same enclave.
verb
- (transitive) To enclose within a foreign territory.
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Examples of "enclave" in Sentences
- The military became aware of the enclave.
- Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda.
- The first was was genetically engineered by the Enclave.
- I've read the Quasar story that left Kismet with the Enclave.
- During the war in Bosnia the village was in the Srebrenica enclave.
- Most of the homes in the enclave were built in the 1920s and 1930s.
- In the morning, she visits the great Library of the Sentinel Enclave.
- Back in the Terran enclave the travelers are enthusiastically welcomed.
- One of the ideas was to give the Point Roberts enclave to the Canadians.
- It escalated the current political violence in the enclave, along the border.
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