Re: ENTRAIN
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:46 am
Here is a usage example of my own creation:
"Gliding down the isle, a vision in silk and tulle, the princess
entrained a royal entourage of bridesmaids, knights, and pages, along with the hopes and good wishes of an entire nation."
I find "entrain" has a split personality with one foot in poetry (as above,) and the other in science. For instance, in addition to the meaning "draw along after one self," according to Merriam-Webster "entrain" carries the following scientific meanings:
2: to draw in and transport (as solid particles or gas) by the flow of a fluid
3: to incorporate (air bubbles) into concrete
4: to determine or modify the phase or period of <circadian rhythms entrained by a light cycle>
Not to mention "entrainment" which has specific meanings (some of them very interesting) in disciplines as diverse as neurology, biology, engineering, hydrodynamics, meteorology, geology and physics.
See (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrainment)
"Gliding down the isle, a vision in silk and tulle, the princess
entrained a royal entourage of bridesmaids, knights, and pages, along with the hopes and good wishes of an entire nation."
I find "entrain" has a split personality with one foot in poetry (as above,) and the other in science. For instance, in addition to the meaning "draw along after one self," according to Merriam-Webster "entrain" carries the following scientific meanings:
2: to draw in and transport (as solid particles or gas) by the flow of a fluid
3: to incorporate (air bubbles) into concrete
4: to determine or modify the phase or period of <circadian rhythms entrained by a light cycle>
Not to mention "entrainment" which has specific meanings (some of them very interesting) in disciplines as diverse as neurology, biology, engineering, hydrodynamics, meteorology, geology and physics.
See (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrainment)