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microencapsulation

noun

Etymology

From micro- + encapsulation.

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

Definitions

  1. A process in which tiny capsules of one substance are embedded in another so as to be…

    A process in which tiny capsules of one substance are embedded in another so as to be released when force is applied

  2. The encapsulation of small pieces of hazardous waste

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for microencapsulation. 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