Definition of envelop

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Envelop (n.) 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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Fold :: Fold (v.) That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops; embrace..
Envelope :: Envelope (n.) Alt. of Envelo.
Envelopment :: Envelopment (n.) The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.
Fold :: Fold (v. t.) To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to clasp; to embrace.
Envelop :: Envelop (n.) 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..
Fog :: Fog (v. t.) To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure..
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.
Mantle :: Mantle (v. t.) To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise..
Parchment :: Parchment (n.) The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp..
Coma :: Coma (n.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet..
Planula :: Planula (n.) In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula..
Alb :: Alb (n.) A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. It was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life..
Pro Thyalosoma :: Pro thyalosoma (n.) The investing portion, or spherical envelope, surrounding the eccentric germinal spot of the germinal vesicle..
Envolup :: Envolup (v. t.) To wrap up; to envelop.
Enroll :: Enroll (n.) To envelop; to inwrap; to involve.
Snow-bound :: Snow-bound (a.) Enveloped in, or confined by, snow..
Envelop :: Envelop (n.) 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..
Envelopment :: Envelopment (n.) That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.
Favella :: Favella (n.) A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algae..
Tenosynovitis :: Tenosynovitis (n.) Inflammation of the synovial sheath enveloping a tendon.
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