entanglement

American  

[en-tang-guhl-muhnt] / ɛnˈtæŋ gəl mənt /

noun

1. the act of entangling.

2. the state of being entangled.

3. something that entangles; snare; involvement; complication.

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Other Word Forms

• interentanglement noun

Etymology

Origin of entanglement

First recorded in 1630–40; entangle + -ment

Example Sentences

Wall Street skeptics who long questioned Cliffwater’s growth are now calling it a “canary in the coal mine” and a “turducken” of problems, given its entanglement in other funds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mastering phonons could unlock entirely new capabilities, including access to unusual quantum effects such as entanglement.

From Science Daily

This process naturally creates entanglement in the spatial properties of light.

From Science Daily

The legal entanglement, now the talk of Hollywood executive circles, comes at an awkward time for Paramount, which needs regulatory approval for a hard-fought $81 billion deal to acquire rival Warner Bros.

From The Wall Street Journal

In this process, called entanglement, qubits share the burden of calculating probabilities—leading to faster, nonlinear computing.

From The Wall Street Journal

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