Entrainment may refer to:
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Air entrainment, the intentional creation of tiny air bubbles in concrete
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Brainwave entrainment, the practice of entraining one's brainwaves to a desired frequency
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Entrainment (biomusicology) :
Entrainment in the biomusicological sense refers to the synchronization (e.g. foot tapping) of organisms to an external perceived rhythm such as human music and dance. Humans are the only species for which all individuals experience entrai ...
, the synchronization of organisms to an external rhythm
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Entrainment (chronobiology) In the study of chronobiology, entrainment occurs when rhythmic physiological or behavioral events match their period to that of an environmental oscillation. It is ultimately the interaction between circadian rhythms and the environment. A central ...
, the alignment of a circadian system's period and phase to the period and phase of an external rhythm
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Entrainment (engineering), the entrapment of one substance by another substance
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Entrainment (hydrodynamics), the movement of one fluid by another
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Entrainment (meteorology), a phenomenon of the atmosphere
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Entrainment (physical geography), the process by which surface sediment is incorporated into a fluid flow
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Entrainment (physics), the process whereby two interacting oscillating systems assume the same period
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Lexical entrainment, the process in conversational linguistics of the subject adopting the terms of their interlocutor
See also
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That's Entrainment", a Van Morrison song
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Entrains-sur-Nohain
Entrains-sur-Nohain () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
Demographics
On 1 January 2019, the estimated population was 748.
Sister cities
Entrains fosters partnerships with the following places:
* Saranac Lake, New York ...
, a commune in the Nièvre department in central France
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