Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encapsulation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: en-cap-su-la-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Recent studies demonstrate that encapsulation of the healing agent provides successive repair by reducing the capsules’ diameter to the material granulometry [2] and by casting them through materials compatible to concrete (i.e., [3])."

Etymology

From en- + capsule + -ation or encapsulate + -ion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

encapsulations (plural)

Derived Forms

bioencapsulation hyperencapsulation macroencapsulation microencapsulation nanoencapsulation photoencapsulation

Phrases

key encapsulation mechanism

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

What does encapsulation mean?: The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
Where does encapsulation come from?: From en- + capsule + -ation or encapsulate + -ion.

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