entrain
Get on board
To entrain is to board a train: The troops entrained at dawn.
The word is military and formal, rarely used in casual speech.
Separately, entrain has technical meanings in science—to pull along or carry with a flow, as when moving air entrains particles, or when one biological rhythm synchronizes to another: The circadian clock entrains to light cycles.
Circuits generating periodic signals
- couplingJoint between systems
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- phaseDistinct period in sequence
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
harmonic · waveforms · amplitude · nonlinear · coherence · periodicity · attractors · bifurcation
Minute pieces of matter
- dropletsMinute liquid globules
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- bubblesGas-filled liquid spheres
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
flow · current · aerosol · sediment · turbulence · vortex · stream · carrying
Raised flat structure
- ticketEntry permit slip
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- passengerTraveler, not operator
compartment · coach · announcement · reservation · track · porter · timetable · seating
Goods being transported
- cargoTransported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- railcarTrack-bound transport vessel
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
conveyance · haulage · logistics · goods · consignment · dispatch · delivery · boxcar
Patterned stress and silence
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- melatoninCircadian rhythm regulator
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
photoreceptor · wakefulness · dawn · dusk · adaptation · chronobiology · daylight · reset
oscillators
Circuits generating periodic signals
resonance · harmonic · waveforms · amplitude · nonlinear · coherence · periodicity · attractors · bifurcation · dynamics
particles
Minute pieces of matter
suspension · flow · current · aerosol · sediment · turbulence · vortex · stream · carrying · sweep
platform
Raised flat structure
passenger · compartment · coach · announcement · reservation · track · porter · timetable · seating · whistle
freight
Goods being transported
locomotive · conveyance · haulage · logistics · goods · consignment · dispatch · delivery · boxcar · railroad
rhythm
Patterned stress and silence
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- melatoninCircadian rhythm regulator
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
cycle · photoreceptor · wakefulness · dawn · dusk · adaptation · chronobiology · daylight · reset · adjustment
entraindesynchronize
Remove temporal coordination
decouple · dissociate · uncouple · drift · disrupt