encapsulation

A noun referring to the act or condition of enclosing something, as if within a capsule.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'action ou l'état de renfermer quelque chose à l'intérieur, comme dans une capsule ; en informatique, principe consistant à regrouper des données et des méthodes en une entité et à en masquer les détails internes.

1. Enclosure in a capsule B2 formal

   The condition or process of being enclosed or contained within a capsule or a small container.

   • The encapsulation of the medication allows for slow release in the body.
   • Scientists studied the encapsulation of the sample for preservation.
   • The process of encapsulation protects the active ingredients from degradation.

   🇫🇷Encapsulation

   Synonymes: containmentencasementenclosureenvelopmentwrapping

2. Summarization or abstraction B2 formal

   The act of expressing the essential features of something in a concise form; a summary or abstraction.

   • The report provided a clear encapsulation of the complex research findings.
   • Her speech was a perfect encapsulation of the company's mission.
   • The diagram offers an encapsulation of the entire system architecture.

   🇫🇷Synthèse (résumé/abstraction)

   Synonymes: abstractioncondensationdigestessencegistoutlineoverviewrecapitulationsummarizationsummarysynopsis

• encapsulations plural form
• encapsulations' possessive plural form
• encapsulation's possessive singular form