intrication

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French intrication.

Noun

intrication (countable and uncountable, plural intrications)

  1. Entanglement.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for intrication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

From s’intriquer (to entangle) +‎ -ation, from Latin intricō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tʁi.ka.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

intrication f (plural intrications)

  1. entanglement
    Synonym: enchevêtrement
    intrication quantiquequantum entanglement

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