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entrained

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for entrained.

Editorial note

That's the only reason the rest of us remain succinctly cordial and pleasant to your schoolboy entrained narcissism.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To draw (something) along as a current does.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of entrained gathered in one view.

verb

To draw (something) along as a current does.

verb

(chemistry) To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid.

verb

(mathematics) To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for entrained.

verb

To draw (something) along as a current does.

verb

(chemistry) To suspend (small particles) in the current of a fluid.

verb

(mathematics) To set up or propagate (a signal), such as an oscillation.

verb

(figuratively) To conjoin, to link; as in a series of entities, elements, objects or processes.

Example sentences

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That's the only reason the rest of us remain succinctly cordial and pleasant to your schoolboy entrained narcissism.

2

One possible reason is that allowing one’s nervous system to be entrained to external rhythms is potentially exploitable.

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Even the happiest of mitochondria and cells have been entrained for eons to circadian rhythms.

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It also keeps not cold air from being entrained from the sides into your servers.

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The entrained air is directed at a more aggressive angle, generating more lift (action-reaction).

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It's universally acknowledged that salaries are higher elsewhere, but leaving would involve abandoning the track of research progression they're already entrained with.

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I don't think it needs to vaporize the way boiling water vaporizes, to be entrained in the smoke.

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Early experience with a Model 16 entrained my eyes to appreciate green on black.

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GP is entrained in the pure-self interest is the only matric needed in society.

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Air entrainment is critical for freeze-thaw protection, so any exposed concrete in places that have below freezing should have 5-6% air entrained.

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Also, can you guarantee that particles don't get entrained in the steam flow?

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There's a kind of arrogance entrained in such a mode of thought.

Quote examples

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Air gets "entrained" into the water and that creates splatter.

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The fields of vision of the Glass wearers would be shown as "screens" floating in a virtual reality, so that the support staff wouldn't get nauseated from having their vision entrained to the POV of the field Glass wearers.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use entrained in a sentence?

That's the only reason the rest of us remain succinctly cordial and pleasant to your schoolboy entrained narcissism.

What does entrained mean?

To draw (something) along as a current does.

What part of speech is entrained?

entrained is commonly used as verb.