entrain

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"The cilia at a border region take the role as a pacemaker which entrain other cilia one after another," Hickey summarizes the findings.

From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023

"They also produce as much as 30% more flooding rainfall due to a combination of more evaporation from a warmer ocean surface and stronger winds that entrain more moisture into the storms."

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022

I would agree with Sochacki: if a mechanical wave is indeed part of nerve conduction, then it seems plausible that the mechanical and electrical signals might entrain and reinforce each other.

From Scientific American • Aug. 3, 2018

They found their answer in the work of Gary Settles, a mechanical engineering professor at Penn State whose research had shown that humans produce thermal plumes that emanate from our bodies and entrain gaseous particles.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2015

At seven that last night, our whole group was scheduled to entrain for London, where, as rumor had it, we were to be assigned to infantry and airborne divisions mustered for the D Day landings.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger