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confinement

[kuhn-fahyn-muhnt] / kənˈfaɪn mənt /


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Light cannot easily be confined into extremely small spaces because the uncertainty principle links its confinement to its wavelength.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

According to Guinness World Records, the record for the most lambs born in a single confinement is also eight.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Now that he was out of solitary confinement, Havens’ interest in gang politics had disappeared.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

He was transferred to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, then to a detention center in Florence, Ariz., while he challenged his confinement in federal court.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Similarly, confinement prevents one having a single gluon on its own, because gluons also have color.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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