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The process of increasing the abundance of a specified isotope in a mixture of isotopes. It is usually applied to an increase in the proportion of U–235, or the addition of Pu–239 to natural uranium for use in a nuclear reactor or weapon.

The addition of nutrients to foods. Although often used interchangeably, the term fortification is used of legally imposed additions, and enrichment means the addition of nutrients beyond the levels originally present. See also nutrification; restoration.

1. A term usually applied to flour that, after the milling has stripped it of the wheat germ and other nutritious elements, has niacin, riboflavin and thiamin added back into it. U.S. Law requires that flours not containing wheat germ must have these nutrients replenished. 2. enriching and thickening a sauce with the last-minute addition of an ingredient such as butter, cream or egg yolks.

noun

Something added to another for embellishment or completion: accompaniment, complement, enhancement. See accompanied.

• Nuclear and Particle Physics - enrichment: process in which number of fissionable nuclei of an element such as uranium is increased

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Enrichment may mean:

• Education.
• The process of adding nutrients to cereals or grain: see food fortification.
• The process of adding sugar to grape must during winemaking in order to achieve a higher alcohol content of the wine, more commonly referred to as chaptalization.
• Behavioral enrichment, the practice of providing animals under managed care with stimuli such as natural and artificial objects.
• Environmental enrichment (neural), how the brain is affected by the stimulation of its information processing provided by its surroundings
• The process of enhancing breathing gas for scuba diving (e.g. in Enriched Air Nitrox).
• Job enrichment, improving work processes and environments so they are more satisfying for employees.
• Nuclear enrichment, the process of increasing the Uranium-235 content of nuclear fuel in preparation for nuclear power plants or nuclear weapons.
  • The United States Enrichment Corporation, a manufacturer of enriched uranium.
• Unjust enrichment, in civil law, a term for someone who has benefitted another party with the expectation of compensation, but who has not been justly compensated.
• The Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble from the Enrichment Centre in Winston-Salem NC
• The Living Enrichment Center, a church in Portland, Oregon.
• The notion of enriched category in mathematics.

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