enrichment
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English
Alternative forms
- inrichment (archaic)
Etymology
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Noun
enrichment (countable and uncountable, plural enrichments)
- The act of enriching or something enriched.
- The process of making enriched uranium.
- The addition of sugar to grape juice used to make wine; chaptalization.
- (education) Extracurricular activities for students.
- Stimulation provided for the mental wellbeing of a captive animal.
- 2009, Marc Bekoff, Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, 2nd Edition, page 208:
- The practice of enrichment to address these problems started in zoos and later spread to more intensively managed captive settings, such as farming and animal laboratories.
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the act of enriching
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the process of making enriched uranium
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