Encapsulation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Encapsulation is a noun meaning The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
Meaning
The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
More Meanings
- (networking) The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
- (programming, object-oriented programming) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).
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]).
Word Forms
- encapsulations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dehydration, liposomal, enclosure, encystment, entrapment, packaging.
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