entanglement
entanglement Lexical Profile
entanglement Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A complicated or compromising relationship, situation, or commitment from which it is difficult to extricate oneself.
"The diplomat warned the administration against entering into foreign entanglements that could drain national resources."
The action or fact of entangling, or the physical state of being twisted together or caught in a snare or mass.
"Marine biologists are working to reduce the entanglement of sea turtles in discarded fishing nets."
A quantum mechanical phenomenon in which the quantum states of two or more particles become interdependent, such that the state of one cannot be described independently of the state of the others, even when separated by a large distance.
"Researchers successfully demonstrated quantum entanglement between photons separated by several kilometers of optical fiber."
• Rhymes for entanglement
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the late 16th century from the verb entangle (combining the prefix en- and tangle, likely of Scandinavian origin related to words meaning 'seaweed' or 'disorder') and the noun-forming suffix -ment.