entangled

English

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Adjective

entangled (comparative more entangled, superlative most entangled)

1. Tangled or twisted together.
2. (figurative) Confused or complicated.
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   • 2026 April 21, Cal Flyn, “On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Trophy hunting, especially of rare or endangered species, is a highly emotive and divisive issue, and there have been many attempts to ban it. But so closely entangled is it with African conservation, it’s not clear they can be separated and survive.

4. (quantum mechanics, of two quantum states) Correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable.

Derived terms

• entangledly
• entangledness
• equientangled
• hyperentangled
• nonentangled
• quantum-entangled

Translations

tangled or twisted together

• Esperanto: implikita
• German: verwickelt (de)
• Irish: in ascar, achrannach, aimhréidh, doréidh
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاڵاو (allaw)

• Māori: tauwhiwhi, tārorerore, pīroiroi

confused or complicated

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئاڵاو (allaw)

• Latin: inexpedītus

(physics) (of two quantum states) correlated, even though physically separated

See also

• quantum entanglement

Verb

entangled

1. simple past and past participle of entangle