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entrainment

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Enthusiasm, liveliness; impulsiveness.

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Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

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Meaning 2

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.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 3

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.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 4

Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid.

The mixing of air currents.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 5

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.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning 6

The alignment of an organism's circadian rhythm to an external rhythm in its environment.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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Meaning 7

The act of someone or something boarding or being put aboard a train.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Partly from French entraînement and partly entrain + -ment.

From entrain (“to board or put aboard a train”) + -ment.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Norwegian: medrivning — mixing of fluids
  • Romanian: antrenare — mixing of fluids
  • Spanish: trajino — mixing of fluids
  • Spanish: trajín — mixing of fluids
  • Spanish: arrastramiento — mixing of fluids
  • Spanish: arrastre — mixing of fluids