encapsulationn.
/ɛnkapsjuːˈleɪʃən/ The action or process of incapsulating; enclosure in a capsule. Also figurative (spec. in relation to languages).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > in a capsule
encapsulation1860
encapsulating1868
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > other specific types of word-formation
metaplasmOE
subunion1534
encapsulation1860
stem-building1870
incorporation1874
recomposition1885
back-formation1888
contamination1888
stem-composition1902
recomposition1964
1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. viii. 172 Every subordinate clause being inserted in the main one by a species of incapsulation.
1861 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 3) ii. 49 The encapsulation of Plæsconia Charon..presented analogous phenomena.
1888 Lancet 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.
1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. 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.
1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Feb. 110/3 This comes perilously near to incapsulation.
1960 Aeroplane 98 254/2 Encapsulation of electronic equipment is undesirable.
1960 New Left Rev. Nov. 4/2 The polite encapsulation of the Liberal Press.
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