"entrainment" meaning in All languages combined

See entrainment on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: entrainments [plural]
Etymology: From entrain + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|entrain|ment}} entrain + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} entrainment (plural entrainments)
  1. Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid.
    The carrying away of droplets of liquid during violent boiling
    Sense id: en-entrainment-en-noun-RPuTU8Dl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 10 17 27 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 36 12 17 23 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 7 19 28 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 10 18 27 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 30 10 15 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 33 11 16 29 11
  2. Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid.
    The movement of sediment in a stream of water or in a glacier
    Sense id: en-entrainment-en-noun-TuLAeskh Categories (other): Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 30 10 15 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 33 11 16 29 11
  3. Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid.
    The mixing of air currents
    Sense id: en-entrainment-en-noun-wPqB~49w Categories (other): Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 30 10 15 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 33 11 16 29 11
  4. Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid.
    The mixing of out flowing river water and underlying seawater.
    Sense id: en-entrainment-en-noun-J4mmLU1O Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 7 14 44 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 30 10 15 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 33 11 16 29 11
  5. (biology) The alignment of an organism's circadian rhythm to an external rhythm in its environment Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-entrainment-en-noun-rM~RtyVg Categories (other): Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 30 10 15 34 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 33 11 16 29 11 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: photoentrainment, reentrainment Translations (mixing of fluids): medrivning (Norwegian), antrenare (Romanian)
Disambiguation of 'mixing of fluids': 19 9 31 34 7

Inflected forms

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