enrichment

enrichissement

Action d’ajouter quelque chose de précieux pour rendre une chose meilleure, plus utile ou plus riche.

En anglais simple : The process of making something better, more useful, or richer by adding something valuable.

• The school offers enrichment activities.
• Compost helps with soil enrichment.
• The exchange programme provides cultural enrichment for students.

Synonymes : improvement, enhancement

Expressions courantes : cultural enrichment, soil enrichment, enrichment activities

enrichissement

Procédé qui augmente la proportion d’un type précis d’uranium pour un usage nucléaire.

En anglais simple : A process that increases the amount of a particular type of uranium for nuclear use.

• The plant carries out uranium enrichment.
• Inspectors checked the enrichment facilities.
• Higher enrichment levels can make uranium suitable for weapons.

Expressions courantes : uranium enrichment, enrichment plant, enrichment process

enrichissement du milieu

Activités ou changements qui stimulent l’intérêt et favorisent le bien-être mental des animaux en zoo ou en captivité.

En anglais simple : Activities or changes that keep animals in zoos or similar places interested and mentally healthy.

• The bears need daily enrichment.
• Keepers hide food as a form of enrichment.
• New enrichment activities kept the monkeys busy.

Synonymes : stimulation

Expressions courantes : environmental enrichment, enrichment activities, enrichment toys

chaptalisation

Ajout de sucre au jus de raisin avant la fermentation pour augmenter la quantité d’alcool du vin.

En anglais simple : Adding sugar to grape juice before it becomes wine, to increase the alcohol produced.

• Enrichment increases the wine’s alcohol content.
• The winemaker used enrichment after a cold summer.
• Rules limit enrichment during wine production.

Synonymes : chaptalization

Expressions courantes : enrichment of wine, sugar enrichment