About The Word Envelope
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Envelope
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What's The Definition Of Envelope?
[n] any wrapper or covering
[n] a flat rectangular paper container for papers [n] the bag containing the gas in a balloon [n] the maximum operating capability of a system; "test pilots try to push the envelope" [n] a natural covering (as by a fluid); "the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet" [n] a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves Synonyms | Synonyms for Envelope: gasbag Related Terms | Find terms related to Envelope: aura | bandage | bandaging | binder | binding | blaze of glory | border | brilliance | brilliancy | charisma | circumference | cortex | covering | crust | dust jacket | envelopment | epidermis | exterior | external | facade | face | facet | fringe | front | gift wrapping | glamour | glory | halo | illustriousness | integument | jacket | lineaments | luster | magic | mystique | nimbus | numinousness | outer face | outer layer | outer side | outer skin | outline | outside | periphery | radiance | resplendence | resplendency | rind | shell | skin | splendor | superficies | superstratum | surface | top | wrap | wrapper | wrapping See Also | bag | balloon | container | cover | covering | curve | curved shape | natural covering | operating capability | performance capability | window envelope | wrap | wrapper | wrapping Envelope In Webster's Dictionary \En"vel*ope\ (?; 277), Envelop \En*vel"op\ (?; 277), n.
[F. enveloppe.]
1. That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a
wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of
a document, as of a letter.
2. (Astron.) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of
a comet; -- called also {coma}.
3. (Fort.) A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet
or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch
and sometimes beyond it. --Wilhelm.
4. (Geom.) A curve or surface which is tangent to each member
of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position
of the members of the system being allowed to vary
according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the
envelope of its tangents.
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