Definition of Enclosing

1. Noun. The act of enclosing something inside something else.

Exact synonyms: Enclosure, Envelopment, Inclosure
Generic synonyms: Insertion, Introduction, Intromission
Specialized synonyms: Boxing, Packing, Encasement, Incasement
Derivative terms: Enclose, Enclose, Enclose, Envelop, Inclose

Definition of Enclosing

1. Verb. (present participle of enclose) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enclosing

1. enclose [v] - See also: enclose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enclosing

enclisis
enclitic
enclitically
enclitics
encloister
encloistered
encloistering
encloisters
enclosable
enclose
enclosed
enclosed space
encloser
enclosers
encloses
enclosing (current term)
enclosure
enclosures
enclothe
enclothed
enclothes
encloud
enclouded
enclouding
enclouds
enclude
encluded
encludes
encluding
enclusion

Literary usage of Enclosing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hispano-Moresque Pottery in the Collection of the Hispanic Society of America by Edwin Atlee Barber (1915)
"Shield outlined with blue, enclosing three fleur- de-lis in creamy white in a luster field, the arms of the house of Bourbon. ..."

2. Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable by Andrew Russell Forsyth (1893)
"It is important to know the value of the integral of a multiform function round a small curve enclosing a branch-point. Let c be a point at which m branches ..."

3. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"The Internal Structure of the Neumann Lamellae, though Differently Oriented, is like That of the enclosing Metal.—This I infer from the phenomena of Fig. ..."

4. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"enclosing the present disposition of the squadron. August 25, 1813.—Letter from Mr. Croker to Lord Keith enclosing extract of one from Lord Wellington to ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"... do, enclosing coloring matter of various hues; do, enclosing other crystals; ... there is one crystal with a basal plane and a cavity enclosing a gas, ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... in the right lower corner is a crystal of Iceland spar, 1 cm. thick ; in the left lower corner a loop of aluminium wire enclosing little Canada ..."

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