entrainment

Noun

Meaning

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

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

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Examples

Air entrainment admixtures are often used in freeze thaw climates to minimize the possibility of frost damage. Source: Internet

Larson experimented with brain entrainment methods to develop the Sleep Shepherd, and eventually settled on using auditory signals called binaural tones to help people’s brains slow down naturally. Source: Internet

Also, limited amounts of food may be made available at short intervals so as to avoid entrainment to mealtimes. Source: Internet

George Gabriel Stokes became a champion of the entrainment interpretation, developing a model in which the aether might be (by analogy with pine pitch) rigid at very high frequencies and fluid at lower speeds. Source: Internet

In some locations, however, an autumn bloom may occur, caused by the breakdown of summer stratification and the entrainment of nutrients while light levels are still sufficient for growth. Source: Internet

Of particular interest was the possibility of "aether entrainment" or "aether drag", which would lower the magnitude of the measurement, perhaps enough to explain the results of the Michelson-Morley experiment. Source: Internet

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