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to entrain

to entrain

1 9.0
To make a body's rhythm match an outside beat
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈtreɪn/
  • Specialized
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  • Peripheral oscillators in the weed Arabidopsis thaliana can also be entrained directly by light, through at least seven different photoreceptors, and probably more.
  • entrained to the light

So they have found that this entrains brain wave activity.

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Examples

  • So we say they're entrained by the light dark circle.

  • These "building blocks" play a central role in the way humans—children and adults alike—entrain to the musical beat (Phillips-Silver et al., 2010).

    Academic text (2015)

  • So they have found that this entrains brain wave activity.

    Dr. Mayim Bialik

  • Now, it doesn't mean that their exact heart rates are similar, but if you look at the distance between their heartbeats, they all entrain to the same rhythm, the same song.

  • The students with autism entrained their repetitive self-stimulating movements to the beat of the song.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Under these conditions, the fungus produces a band of spores exactly once every 24 hours because its internal clock has been entrained to the light-dark cycle.

    Academic text (2005)

  • At least one gene or protein in the oscillating loop must interact with photoreceptors that relay light information so the biological clock can become entrained to local time.

    Academic text (2005)

  • That is, the ability to entrain to the musical beat does not appear to emerge until children are well into the preschool years (Kirschner & Tomasello, 2009; Provasi & Bobin-Bgue, 2003).

    Academic text (2015)

  • The latest research shows that listening to music can entrain brain wave patterns to enhance focus.

  • Yoga sessions can help entrain your breathing patterns to achieve a state of calm.

Antonyms

to disrupt
269 4.4

To interrupt normal activity and cause disorder

to dissociate
3 6.7

To stop being involved with a person, group, or idea

How Synchronized

to synchronize
  • US
49 4.7
to entrain
  • Specialized
1 9.0
to align
89 3.5

Surface Forms

entrain infinitive
entrained past
entrained past participle
entraining present participle
entrains third person singular

Morphology

entrain = train (opaque) = en + train

Although analyzable as en- + train, the technical sense 'to cause phase‑locking or synchronization' is specialized and not derivable by an average B1 learner from the components.

Etymology

Entrain comes from French en- 'in' and train 'to pull', like in tractor, and you can imagine a metronome 'pulling' other beats into the same rhythm. So in music or brain studies, to entrain is to be 'pulled into' the same beat or timing.