entrainment

== English == === Etymology 1 === Partly from French entraînement and partly entrain +‎ -ment. ==== Noun ==== entrainment (countable and uncountable, plural entrainments) (now rare) Enthusiasm, liveliness; impulsiveness. [from 1836] Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid. [from 1892] The carrying away of droplets of liquid during violent boiling. The movement of sediment in a stream of water or in a glacier. The mixing of air currents. The mixing of out flowing river water and underlying seawater. (biology) The alignment of an organism's circadian rhythm to an external rhythm in its environment. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From entrain (“to board or put aboard a train”) +‎ -ment. ==== Noun ==== entrainment (countable and uncountable, plural entrainments) The act of someone or something boarding or being put aboard a train. [from 1881] === References === === Further reading === entrainment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia