Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of entangling, or the state of being entangled; a confused or disordered state; intricacy; perplexity.
- n. That which entangles; specifically, in fortification, an obstruction placed in front or on the flank of a fortification, to impede an enemy's approach. It is a kind of abatis made by partially severing the trunks of trees, pulling down the tops, and securing them to the ground by means of pickets or crotchets.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
- n. That which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.
- n. Specifically, in fortification, an obstruction placed in front or on the flank of a fortification, to impede an enemy's approach.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.
- n. (Mil.) An extensive low obstacle formed of stakes, stumps, or the like, connected by wires, ropes, or the like.
- n. (Naut.) An obstruction of cables and spars across a river or harbor entrance.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
Etymologies
- entangle + -ment (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum theory, used the word entanglement to refer to connections between separated particles that persisted regardless of distance.”
“The Strange World of Quantum Entanglement: salvador bali notes: why? because quantum p worked, and so they didnt care about the little mystery at thew center. and the term entanglement, tossed off ...”
“Sari's unwilling entanglement is entirely credible, and somehow inevitable.”
“For example, nobody can explain what quantum entanglement is all about.”
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“A long-term entanglement in Iraq, and a fresh war in Iran should be fun, right???”
“The principle of quantum entanglement is described as a state in which two or more objects must be spoken of in relation to each other, such that the operations performed on one can be said to have an effect on the other (s).”
“I think his entanglement is now more habit than anything else; but he is unsettled, and I would give the world to see him married comfortably.”
Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle
“There's a much greater long-term entanglement relating to paying off debts, especially if they are upside down on their house," he said.”
“Erwin Schrödinger was one of the very few contemporaries immediately to see the power behind the EPR argument, which he expanded on in interesting ways, giving the name entanglement to the strong quantum correlations that the EPR paper had exploited.”
“There's a concept in quantum physics called "entanglement," which is when one energy source entangles with another so that they interfere with each other.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘entanglement’.
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EN - fine scholarly language
exhort, accretion, twenty-nine, atrophy, additive, brilliantly, interreligious, empiricism, pathologic, limitless, half-century, vigilant and 488 more...
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AFET - diplomacy
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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common UA vocab. in US
Interesting, there is a traditional vocabulary of an Ukrainian, that differs from vocabulary of average American. It would be nice to explore it.
jackdaw, incongruous, cassock, vivid, magpie, humdrum, amongst, wonder, wandering, wheedling, wheedle, osseous and 368 more...
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-ments aplenty
The stranger, the better.
battlement, devilment, ailment, dismemberment, embezzlement, blandishment, entanglement, engorgement, embankment, elopement, disgruntlement, hutment and 77 more...
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theory and history of art: terms and ...
phenomenological, nonphenomenological, kineticism, mechanizing, digitalizing, utations, trajectory, synthesized, spatio-temporal, proliferation, quantification, iterative and 118 more...
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And the last first
Words with the first three or more letters repeated at the end, unless all letters are repeated (for those, see Isograms of lengths six, eight and ten). Overlaps are okay (alfalfa, entente), but wo...
nonphenomenon, underground, bicubic, ionization, microcosmic, nicotinic, interpoint, hotshot, atectate, ingesting, anemovane, physiography and 130 more...
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Tunie: Word Disassociation
(I'm fairly sure that I'm subverting the whole concept of the Tunie by listing this song. Subversion! Yes! HA HA HA HA! Mine is an evil laugh!!!)
Word Disassociation
antidisestablishm..., quickly, ruby, bionic, about, crouch, a cappella, imposter, flames, distraction, murderous, over and 181 more...
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Reading Random
Got unknown words randomly
delinquency, modicum, dissuade, incendiary, destitute, lachrymose, plight, ruse, empirical, pedantic, demography, giggle and 444 more...
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Cellar Door
It's the way the letters combine to form an beautiful whole and the way its sound tickles the ear.
capricious, sigh, jest, psyche, elf, wither, languish, wane, fade, caustic, pithy, epicene and 121 more...
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♡LOVE and things like it♡
dedicated to my man Steven, without whom i would be addicted to drugs, lying in a gutter, hating myself, or hooking somewhere :)
affectionate, amative, amatory, amiable, ammophilous, amorous, ardent, attached to, attracted to, beloved, bewitching, bitten and 404 more...
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nfrank's Words
antediluvian, equivocate, inchoate, denouement, effulgent, edify, endemic, palimpsest, apropos, circumnavigate, circumlocution, cognoscente and 484 more...
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frequent toefl
Words that I do not know or unsure for toefl
appurtenances, aptitude, arbitrary, arboretum, argot, arrears, avocation, avuncular, badger, bait, warden, bane and 428 more...
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New words, not to be confused with th...
maladroit, aphasia, delphinium, bromide, greenhorn, just deserts, loth, supplanted, steeplechase, steeple, annex, vestments and 236 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1696 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for entanglement.
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