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enrichment|ɛnˈrɪtʃmənt|
[f. as prec. + -ment.]
1. a. The action or process of enriching, in various senses; the condition of being enriched. Now spec. of a mixture of isotopes, esp. nuclear fuel: cf. enrich v. 6 c.
a1626Bacon Holy War Wks. VII. (1859) 14 Not without great and ample additions, and enrichment thereof. 1631Markham (title), The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 247 To behave themselves valiantly..would not onely be for their everlasting Honour, but Enrichment. 1724Watts Logic i. vi. §1 A vast hindrance to the enrichment of our understandings. 1748Anson Voy. i. i. 8 It was not principally intended for the enrichment of the Agents. 1875Whitney Life Lang. vii. 120 Material..which furnishes notable enrichment to speech. 1876Green Short Hist. vii. §1. 342 The smaller gentry shared in the general enrichment of the landed proprietors. 1936Physical Rev. XLIX. 404 (heading) Evidence for the enrichment of carbon in the heavier isotope by diffusion. 1945H. D. Smyth Devel. Methods of using Atomic Energy 40 The amount of enrichment to be expected in a single production unit..was very small. 1958Engineering 4 Apr. 423/3 Though it is stated that the new reactor uses enriched fuel, enrichment is normally unnecessary when the moderator is heavy water.
b. concr. A means of enriching; an addition of wealth.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 45 He [the merchant] fetches it from farre, and tis a gallant Inrichment to this Nation.
2. spec. The imparting of ‘richness’ of effect by decorative additions. Also concr. in sing. and in pl., the ornament used for enriching a building, etc.
1664Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. (R.), Neither did they often fill the pedestals with relieuo..and rarely euer allow the corona any enrichment. 1708New View Lond. I. 101/2 A large Column..having Enrichments of Fruit, Leaves. 1837Whittock Bk. Trades (1842) 231 Filigree working is a kind of enrichment on gold or silver. 1864Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xix. 316 The Effigy of Edward II..still retains..its sculptured enrichments. |