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Definition of Encapsulation
1. Noun. The condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule). "The encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths"
2. Noun. The process of enclosing (as in a capsule).
Definition of Encapsulation
1. n. The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
Definition of Encapsulation
1. Noun. The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule. ¹
2. Noun. (computing programming in object-oriented programming) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).''THE BOOK OF RUBY'' by HUW COLLINGBOURNE. Copyright © 2009 Huw Collingbourne, ‘Encapsulation’ or ‘Information Hiding’?, p. 140 ¹
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Definition of Encapsulation
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Medical Definition of Encapsulation
1. The coating or engulfing of particles within a continuous matrix. (09 Oct 1997)