enrichment

• inrichment (archaic)

From enrich +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənt/, [ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mn̩t]

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enrichment (countable and uncountable, plural enrichments)

1. The act of enriching or something enriched.
2. The process of making enriched uranium.
   • 2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     That stockpile of 60% Uranium, if enriched to 90%, which is a relatively easy step, is enough for about nine bombs, according to experts. Just before the war started, Iran announced that it had built another new secret facility for enrichment that was due to come on stream soon.

   • 2025 June 29, Laura Sharman and Sophie Tanno, “UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran could again begin enriching uranium in ‘matter of months’”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     In an interview with CBS broadcast Sunday, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, said that his country’s uranium enrichment will “never stop” because Iran has an “inalienable right” to do so for “peaceful nuclear activity.”

3. The addition of sugar to grape juice used to make wine; chaptalization.
4. (education) Extracurricular activities for students.
5. Stimulation provided for the mental wellbeing of a captive animal.
   • 2009, Marc Bekoff, Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, 2nd Edition, page 208:

     The practice of enrichment to address these problems started in zoos and later spread to more intensively managed captive settings, such as farming and animal laboratories.

• richness

• gains