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entrainment

entrainment

8.8
Carrying small particles by moving water or air, like dust in wind
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈtreɪnmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : arrastre
  • Any change in the factors affecting entrainment necessitates further entrainment time or eliminating that group from the experiment if re-entrainment is not possible before the experimental process begins.

Examples

  • Any change in the factors affecting entrainment necessitates further entrainment time or eliminating that group from the experiment if re-entrainment is not possible before the experimental process begins.

    Academic text (2000)
  • This is primarily accomplished by ensuring the entrainment of source water organisms during floc formation and providing adequate time for floc growth and sedimentation.

    Academic text (2000)
  • At flow rates lower than peak values, water entrainment occurs, leading to pitting and corrosion, especially at the 6 o'clock position of the flowline.

    Blog text (20)
  • However, change in group membership, change in projects/tasks, and/or change in operating conditions can disrupt entrainment; thus, if any of these factors are altered, a natural group is not present until the group can become re-entrained.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The lower panel illustrates the entrainment of debris (black) by icebergs and the subsequent sedimentation of the debris in the deep North Atlantic.

    Academic text (2002)
  • * (Once-through cooling was recently banned in CA due to potential effects on sea life; the effects are not radiation but entrainment in the inflow and the effect of raising the local seawater temperature.)

    Blog text (20)
  • Increased pelagic productivity in leeward areas may be a function of localized upwelling and larval entrainment, driven by persistent (northeasterly) trade winds (McGary, 1955).

    Academic text (1993)
  • The lower panel illustrates the entrainment of debris (black) by icebergs and the subsequent sedimentation of the debris in the deep North Atlantic.

  • At flow rates lower than peak values, water entrainment occurs, leading to pitting and corrosion, especially at the 6 o'clock position of the flowline.

  • This process analyzes the entrainment of source water organisms during floc formation to ensure efficient sedimentation.

How Mixed

homogenization
  • Specialized
8 7.0
entrainment
  • Specialized
8.8
mixing
51 1.8
separation
8 3.2

Surface Forms

entrainment singular
entrainments plural

Morphology

entrainment = entrain (semi-transparent) = en + train + ment

Derived from the technical verb 'entrain' meaning 'to carry along'; the composition is morphologically regular but the sense is specialized in fluid dynamics.

Etymology

Entrainment comes from the French entraîner, with en- ('in') and train ('to pull'), like dust or drops getting swept up by a passing train. That picture helps: in science entrainment is when particles are caught and carried along by a moving fluid.