Hypertext Webster Gateway: "envelopment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Envelopment \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
envelopment
n : the act of enclosing something inside something else [syn: {enclosure},
{enclosing}, {inclosure}]
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