Entanglement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈtæŋɡəlmənt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Entanglement is a noun meaning The act of entangling.
Meaning
The act of entangling.
More Meanings
- The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
- That which entangles; an involvement, a complication; an intricacy; a perplexity.
- (physics) Ellipsis of quantum entanglement.
Example Sentences
In his article, Bell demonstrated that quantum theory requires entanglement; the strange connectedness is an inescapable feature of the equations.
The most notorious of these was his entanglement of the Soviet Union in the Cuban missile crisis, against the advice of the military, who held him responsible for their embarrassing inability to frighten the USA because he had failed[…]
Word Forms
- entanglements
Synonyms for entanglement
Depending on context, synonyms include web.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include web, tangle, node, overlapping, conflict, intermingling.
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