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encapsulation|ɛnkæpsjuːˈleɪʃən| Also in-. [n. of action from prec.] The action or process of incapsulating; enclosure in a capsule. Also fig. (spec. in relation to languages).
1860Farrar Orig. Lang. viii. 172 Every subordinate clause being inserted in the main one by a species of incapsulation. 1861T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 3) 49 The encapsulation of Plæsconia Charon.. presented analogous phenomena. 1888Lancet 30 June 1288/1 [In cancer] Encapsulation means not only the surrounding of the growth by a capsule which consists of the cellular tissue which formerly occupied the site now occupied by the tumour, but also of the blood vessels. 1934Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. viii. 344 Though German has recently turned away from such Einschachtelung or ‘incapsulation’, it still retains as a regular feature the relegation of the finite verb to the end-position of the subordinate clause. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Feb. 110/3 This comes perilously near to incapsulation. 1960Aeroplane XCVIII. 254/2 Encapsulation of electronic equipment is undesirable. 1960New Left Rev. Nov.–Dec. 4/2 The polite encapsulation of the Liberal Press. |