entanglement

«entanglement» in Mova's school dictionary: when things are twisted and caught together, like string… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (entanglement, entanglements); verb entangle

meaning for a pupil

1) An entanglement is when things are twisted and caught together, like string, nets or wire. tree →

2) An entanglement is a difficult or confusing situation or relationship you are caught up in. tree →

3) (science) Quantum entanglement is a strange link between tiny particles studied by physicists. tree →

sense in the lessons

Nature and conservation lessons: entanglement of whales, turtles and birds in fishing nets and plastic. In stories, emotional or political entanglements. Phrases: entanglement in nets, barbed-wire entanglements, romantic entanglement.

examples

• Plastic rings can cause entanglement of seabirds. tree →
• The diver freed the turtle from its entanglement in the net. tree →
• Our kite strings ended up in a big entanglement. tree →
• The soldiers crawled under barbed-wire entanglements. tree →
• He wanted no entanglement in their argument. tree →
• Quantum entanglement puzzles even scientists. tree →

note

Countable and uncountable. Verb: entangle (entangled in). Cutting plastic loops before recycling helps prevent animal entanglement.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «entanglement» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.