encompassment

noun

Etymology

From encompass + -ment.

1
The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded.
- By this encompassment and drift of question.
- Interphalangeal extension is lost and no effective phalangeal grasp (encompassment) is possible.
- When an object is grasped, 77% of the total encompassment is provided by metacarpophalangeal joint flexion; the remaining 23% is supplied by flexion of the interphalangeal joints.
2
Complete inclusion, with no outliers.
- However, if encompassment has nothing to do with greatness, it is puzzling that Bulbus uses the phrase 'that universal nature which embraces all things' rather than simply 'that universal nature'.
3
A hierarchical structure such that when two elements of a whole are recognized as…
A hierarchical structure such that when two elements of a whole are recognized as opposites, one of them is considered hierarchically superior, while the other is subordinated to the whole.
- This appears then as a moment of encompassment. The work of the technologist is encompassed by the artist, or the contribution of the facilitator is claimed as part of the creative process (genius, fortune) of the artist themselves.
- On the level involving encompassment, moreover, women are simply invisible, thanks precisely to their encompassment.

No curated loop yet for encompassment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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