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EntrainmentThe mixing of environmental air into a preexisting air current or cloud so that the environmental air becomes part of the current or cloud.
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EntrainmentIn meteorology, the mixing of environmental air into a preexisting organized air current so that the environmental air becomes part of the current; the opposite of detrainment. Entrainment of air into [..]
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Entrainmenttransport of organisms in moving water.
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Entrainmentthe taking up of river sediment into transport.
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EntrainmentThe process that activates or provides a timing cue for a biological rhythm.
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EntrainmentTo draw in and transport (as solid particles, liquid droplets, or gas) by the flow of a fluid.
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EntrainmentThe process of synchronizing a biological rhythm to an environmental stimulus. See Figure 14.1.
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Entrainmenttransporting fish out of their native ecosystem by way of water passed through a conduit, penstock or diversion at dams or irrigation canals
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EntrainmentDescribing a state of an immiscible fluid component. Minute quantities of a fluid (typically water) can be dissolved or absorbed into the oil, but excess quantities can be most harmful to equipment du [..]
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Entrainment - The process whereby gasses generated in the cell carry electrolyte through the vent cap.
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EntrainmentThe trapping of smaller aquatic life in filters, sluices, etc.
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Entrainmentthe conveying of particles of water or solids from the boiler water by the steam.
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EntrainmentDescribing a state of an immiscible fluid component. Minute quantities of a fluid (typically water) can be dissolved or absorbed into the oil, but excess quantities can be most harmful to equipment due to the entrainment leaving gaps in the lubricated areas.
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EntrainmentThe loss of oil from containment when it is pulled under a boom by a strong current.
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Entrainmentthe process by which relatively slow-moving and sedentary organisms are drawn in by a suction pump
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