Meaning of ENVELOPMENT
| Pronunciation: | | en'velupmunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] the act of enclosing something inside something else |
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| | Synonyms: | | enclosing, enclosure, inclosure |
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| | See Also: | | boxing, encasement, incasement, insertion, introduction, intromission, packing | |
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| | Definition: | | \En*vel"op*ment\, n. [Cf. F. enveloppement.]
1. The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or
covering on all sides.
2. That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.
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| | Related Terms: | | bandage, bandaging, beleaguerment, besetment, besiegement, binder, binding, blanketing, blockade, blockading, blocking, blotting out, cementwork, cincture, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture, circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, circumscription, cloaking, clouding, coating, confinement, containment, cordoning, coverage, covering, curtaining, dust jacket, eclipse, eclipsing, embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclosure, encompassment, enfoldment, envelope, environment, enwrapment, enwrapping, gift wrapping, girding, girdling, hiding, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, inclusion, incrustation, investment, involvement, jacket, laying on, mantling, masking, obduction, obscuring, occultation, overlaying, overspreading, pargeting, pincer movement, plasterwork, quarantine, screening, sheathing, shielding, shrouding, siege, stuccowork, superimposition, superposition, surrounding, upholstering, upholstery, veiling, vertical envelopment, wrap, wrapper, wrapping |
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