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encapsulation

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from capsula
  2. borrowed from capsule
  3. formed as encapsulation — “en- + capsule + -ation”

Definitions

  1. The act of enclosing in a capsule

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

    • 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]).

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

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

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at encapsulation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01encapsulation02protocol03legal04basis05argument06abstract07abridgement08abridgment09epitome

A definitional loop anchored at encapsulation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at encapsulation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA