envelopment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: envelopment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for envelopment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
envelopment n the act of enclosing something inside something else [syn: enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Envelopment \Envel"opment\, n. [Cf. F. enveloppement.] 1. The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides. 2. That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.