enrichment

American  

[en-rich-muhnt] / ɛnˈrɪtʃ mənt /

noun

1. an act of enriching.

2. the state of being enriched.

3. something that enriches.

   the enrichments of education and travel.

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Other Word Forms

• self-enrichment noun

Etymology

Origin of enrichment

First recorded in 1620–30; enrich + -ment

Example Sentences

Iran has repeatedly stated it does not want to build a nuclear weapon and that nuclear enrichment would be for exclusively peaceful purposes.

From Los Angeles Times

Even enrichment to 1.5% purity would constitute half or more of the technical effort needed to achieve weapons-grade uranium.

From The Wall Street Journal

Iran insists on its right to enrich uranium but is floating proposals such as reducing enrichment.

From The Wall Street Journal

They include reducing enrichment to as low as 1.5% from up to 60% currently, pausing enrichment for a number of years, or processing it through an Arab-Iranian consortium based in Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal

Iran says its enrichment activity stopped after the attacks, although it has not allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency's inspectors to access the damaged sites.

From BBC

Related Words

• enhancement