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Definitions for entanglement
ɛnˈtæŋ gəl mənten·tan·gle·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. web, entanglementnoun

    an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

Wiktionary

  1. entanglementnoun

    The state of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.

  2. entanglementnoun

    That which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.

  3. entanglementnoun

    Specifically, in fortification, an obstruction placed in front or on the flank of a fortification, to impede an enemy's approach.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Entanglementnoun

    Etymology: from entangle.

    The highest and most improved spirits are frequently caught in the entanglements of a tenacious imagination. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

    There will be no greater entanglements, touching the notion of God and his providence. Henry More, Divine Dialogues.

    It is to fence against the entanglements of equivocal words, and the art of sophistry, that distinctions have been multiplied. John Locke.

ChatGPT

  1. entanglement

    Entanglement is a term often used in the field of quantum physics to refer to a phenomenon where two particles become interconnected in such a way that the state of one particle instantaneously impacts the state of the other, no matter how far apart they are. In a more broader sense, entanglement can also refer to a state of being twisted together or deeply involved in a complex way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Entanglementnoun

    state of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. entanglement

    Abatis, so called, when made by cutting only partly through the trunks, and pulling the upper parts to the ground, where they are picketed.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of entanglement in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of entanglement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of entanglement in a Sentence

  1. Mark Rosenberg:

    I unintentionally created emotional( not physical) entanglement, i have apologized. I apologize to you. I take full responsibility and regret my actions.

  2. Martin Tobias Lithner:

    Entanglement whispers the poetry of interconnectedness, where particles, once entwined, resonate in harmony regardless of the distance that separates them.

  3. Gib Brogan:

    This is more bad news for this species that has been suffering from many years of ineffective protection, to hear that there is another entanglement is frustrating, because we know that more needs to be done (to prevent it).

  4. Anton Zeilinger:

    Using entanglement you can transfer all the information which is carried by an object over to some other place where the object is, so to speak, reconstituted.

  5. Pinkett Smith:

    I got into an entanglement with August.

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