entanglement

Everyday

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 →

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.