Sekirov Dictionary

envelope

UK /ˈɛnvə(ˌ)ləʊp/US /ˈɛnvə(ˌ)loʊp/

noun11

  1. a paper cover that closes and holds a letter or card while it is sent by mail
  2. Something that envelops; a wrapping.
  3. A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship; fabric that encloses the gas-bags of an airship.
  4. An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane; a space between two membranes
  5. The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; a coma.
  6. The set of limitations within which a technological system can perform safely and effectively.
  7. A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objects.
  8. A curve that bounds another curve or set of curves, as the modulation envelope of an amplitude-modulated carrier wave in electronics.
  9. The shape of a sound, which may be controlled by a synthesizer or sampler.
  10. The information used for routing a message that is transmitted with the message but not part of its contents.
  11. An earthwork in the form of a single parapet or a small rampart, sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it.

verb1

  1. (rare) To put (something) in an envelope.
forms

enveloped · enveloping · envelopes

Phrases with envelope

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