entanglement
pronunciation
How to pronounce entanglement in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtæŋɡlmənt]
How to pronounce entanglement in American English:
US [ɪnˈtæŋɡlmənt]
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- Noun:
- an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
Word Origin
- entanglement (n.)
- 1630s, "that which entangles," from entangle + -ment. From 1680s as "act of entangling." Foreign entanglements does not appear as such in Washington's Farewell Address (1796), though he warns against them. The phrase is found in William Coxe's 1798 memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole.
Example
- 1. Additional qubits can be added by a process called entanglement .
- 2. Entanglement and superposition are delicate things .
- 3. This was the problem I experienced , as shared in part 2 : deep entanglement .
- 4. Finally , the ipad can be bought in a wi-fi-only model that frees you from any entanglement with cellphone carriers .
- 5. France and britain want a no-fly zone , but germany , deaf to the pleas of libyans , sees only risks and entanglement .