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detrainment

detrainment noun: the act of detraining.

Noun

detrainment (countable and uncountable, plural detrainments)

  1. The act of detraining.
  2. The diffusion of air from an organized current into the general atmosphere.

Forms of detrainment

pluraldetrainments

Origin of detrainment

From detrain + -ment.

Questions about detrainment

What does detrainment mean?
Detrainment means the act of detraining.
What part of speech is detrainment?
Detrainment is a noun.
What is the plural of detrainment?
The plural of detrainment is detrainments.

Words near detrainment in the dictionary

  1. detraditionalizes
  2. detraditionalizing
  3. detrain
  4. detrained
  5. detraining
  6. detrainment
  7. detrainments
  8. detrains
  9. detrans
  10. detransform
  11. detransformation

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