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What does entrainment mean?

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Noun
  1. Any of several processes in which a solid or liquid is put into motion by a fluid.
    1. The carrying away of droplets of liquid during violent boiling
    2. The movement of sediment in a stream of water or in a glacier
    3. The mixing of air currents
    4. The mixing of out flowing river water and underlying seawater.
  2. (biology) The alignment of an organism's circadian rhythm to an external rhythm in its environment
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Furthermore, extraretinal photoreceptors appear to be involved in the photic entrainment of the circadian clock.
Light signalling pathways from both phytochrome and cryptochrome photoreceptors regulate clock components to achieve entrainment in plants.
A cement mix consists of Portland cement, aggregates, water, and air entrainment.
Literature provides means to estimate the relative hardiness of different types of fish and invertebrates to mortality from entrainment.
The drainage network will be inspected to ensure effective entrainment of suspended solids.
Circadian entrainment is one of the areas of biology where mathematical predictions have been tested experimentally and confirmed.

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