entrained

Carried by flow

Entrained means carried along by a flow or drawn into a current.

In physics and engineering, particles become entrained when swept up by moving air, water, or other fluids: Dust was entrained in the exhaust stream.

The word also describes synchronization—when one rhythm locks onto another: Her circadian cycle became entrained to the new time zone.

In transport contexts, to be entrained is simply to board a train.

flow

fluidization

Suspending solids in flow

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physical incorporation

entrainedexpelled

Officially removed or banished

ejected · discharged · released · separated · excluded

synchronization/coupling

entraineddesynchronized

No longer in unison

uncoupled · free-running · out of phase · asynchronous · independent

boarding/transport

entraineddetrained

Exited a rail car

disembarked · alighted · debarked · offloaded · unloaded

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entrain, entrainment, entraining

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