disentrainments

Noun

disentrainment (plural disentrainments)

1. The act or process of falling out of entrainment; precipitation form a flow or current.
   • Subsequent disentrainment relies upon opportunities for gravity separation that occur in the normal course of processing, but particles which disentrain too slowly and can not be filtered remain in suspension to the possible detriment of product quality.1995, M. A. Kozlowski, S. A. Argyropoulos, R. W. McBean, Quality in Non-ferrous Pyrometallurgy
2. The disruption of patterns of brain activity.
   • We might imagine a wave of activity, or reentrainent, among the cells making up a model, an activity having a beginning, a series of transformative phases (discrete entrainments, disentrainments, and reentrainments), and an ending.2006, Charles Don Keyes, Brain Mystery Light and Dark: The Rhythm and Harmony of Consciousness, →ISBN
3. Disruption of the natural alignment of circadian rhythms with the natural environment
   • In contrast, during disentrainment mean REM period duration remained essentially constant across all REM periods recorded during nocturnal sleep episodes1987, Angelos Halaris, Chronobiology and Psychiatric Disorders, page 123