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encapsulate en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈkæps(j)ʊˌleɪt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English capsule Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English encapsulate From en- + capsule + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To enclose something in, or as if in, a capsule.
   • At a rate of six inches a year, the salt closes in on the waste and encapsulates it for what engineers say will be millions of years. 2014 February 9, Matthew L. Wald, “Nuclear Waste Solution Seen in Desert Salt Beds”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, retrieved 14 Jun 2014:
2. (transitive) To epitomize something by expressing it as a brief summary.
   • It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal ... 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August”, in The Daily Telegraph (UK), archived from the original on 27 Apr 2021:
3. (qualifier:object-oriented programming) To enclose objects in a common interface in a way that makes them interchangeable, and guards their states from invalid changes.
4. To enclose data in packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.

Forms

Deriveds

nanoencapsulate · microencapsulated · overencapsulate · unencapsulated · encapsulator · coencapsulate · unencapsulate · nanoencapsulated · encapsulatable · nonencapsulated · encapsulation · macroencapsulate · photoencapsulate · microencapsulate · bioencapsulated

Translations (46)

hy պատիճավորել (to enclose as if in a capsule) · fi tiivistää (to epitomize) · hy ներպարունակել (object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface) · pt sintetizar (to epitomize) · ro capsula (to enclose as if in a capsule) · uk інкапсулюва́ти (object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface) · no sammenfatte (to epitomize) · fr encapsuler (to enclose as if in a capsule) · ca encapsular (to enclose as if in a capsule) · de zusammenfassen (to epitomize) · nl inkapselen (object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface) · ko 요약하다 (to epitomize) · de kapseln (to enclose as if in a capsule) · de kapseln (networking: to enclose data in packets) · pt encapsular (to enclose as if in a capsule) · de verkapseln (to enclose as if in a capsule) · sv kapsla in (to enclose as if in a capsule) · ro încapsula (to enclose as if in a capsule) · mi kōpaki (to enclose as if in a capsule) · eo enkapsuligi (to enclose as if in a capsule) · fi kapseloida (to enclose as if in a capsule) · cmn 概括 (to epitomize) · ru инкапсули́ровать (object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface) · da indkapsle (to enclose as if in a capsule) · nl inkapselen (to enclose as if in a capsule) · sv sammanfatta (to epitomize) · ko 집약하다 (to epitomize) · pt embrulhar (to enclose as if in a capsule) · pt epitomizar (to epitomize) · uk капсулюва́ти (to enclose as if in a capsule) · pt resumir (to epitomize) · sv inkapsla (to enclose as if in a capsule) · fr encapsuler (object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface) · de einkapseln (to enclose as if in a capsule) · da sammenfatte (to epitomize) · nn kapsle inn (to enclose as if in a capsule) · cmn 封装 (object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface) · cmn 梗概 (to epitomize) · nb kapsle inn (to enclose as if in a capsule) · da samle (to epitomize) · de kapseln (object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface) · fi kiteyttää (to epitomize) · is hjúpa (object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface) · eo enkapsuligi (object-oriented programming: To enclose objects in a common interface) · nb innkapsle (to enclose as if in a capsule) · fi koteloida (to enclose as if in a capsule)