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enrichment

UK/ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənt/US/ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənt/
nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,461 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: enrichments

Enrichment is the making of something better or fuller. Enrichment activities, soil enrichment, uranium enrichment.

The nuclear sense is the one that appears in every arms negotiation, since enrichment raises the proportion of the useful isotope and the level reached decides whether the material is for power or for weapons. In schools it means extra activities beyond the curriculum.

Definitions of enrichment

  1. 1nounenrichmentThe making of something better or fuller.B2+

    “The zoo gives its animals toys and puzzles for enrichment, so they don't get bored.”

enrichment is an improving.

Where it comes from

  1. Old French

    enrichier

  2. Anglo-Norman

    enrichir

  3. Middle English

    enrichen

  4. English

    enrich

  5. English, today

    enrichment

From enrich + -ment. enrich comes from Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier. by surface analysis, en- + rich.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

enrichment in the wild

  • The 238U remaining after enrichment is known as depleted uranium (DU), and is considerably less radioactive than natural uranium, though still very dense.

    Enriched uranium

  • However, a lasting settlement remains elusive; while the U.S. has demanded a permanent end to all uranium enrichment, Iran maintains its legal right to a civilian program.

    Nuclear program of Iran

  • Restitution and unjust enrichment is the field of law relating to gains-based recovery.

    Restitution and unjust enrichment

  • Extraction of the rather small amount of 234U from natural uranium would be possible using isotope separation, similar to that used for regular uranium-enrichment.

    Uranium-234

  • The Urenco Group operates several uranium enrichment plants in Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

    Urenco Group

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the enrichir family

enrichenrichment

enrichment — used about once every 23,598 pages · #13,461 · point at the bar for the others

  • rich
  • richness