encapsulation

The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.

Noun

  1. The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
    • 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...
  2. Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).
  3. The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.

Origin

From en- + capsule + -ation or encapsulate + -ion.

Forms

encapsulations

Derived

bioencapsulation hyperencapsulation key encapsulation mechanism macroencapsulation microencapsulation nanoencapsulation photoencapsulation