Definition of Envelope. Meaning of Envelope. Synonyms of Envelope

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Definition of Envelope

Envelope
Envelope En"vel*ope (?; 277), Envelop En*vel"op (?; 277), n. [F. enveloppe.] 1. That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter. 2. (Astron.) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma. 3. (Fort.) 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. --Wilhelm. 4. (Geom.) 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.

Meaning of Envelope from wikipedia

- An envelope is a common packaging item, usually made of thin, flat material. It is designed to contain a flat object, such as a letter or card. Traditional...
- Look up envelope in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An envelope is the paper container used to hold a letter being sent by post. Envelope may also refer...
- In sound and music, an envelope describes how a sound changes over time. For example, a piano key, when struck and held, creates a near-immediate initial...
- A red envelope, red packet, lai see (Chinese: 利是; Cantonese Yale: laih sih), hongbao or ang pau (traditional Chinese: 紅包; simplified Chinese: 红包; pinyin:...
- A red envelope (or hóngbāo) is a monetary gift which is given during special occasions in Chinese and other East Asian societies. Red envelope may also...
- In mathematics, the lower envelope or pointwise minimum of a finite set of functions is the pointwise minimum of the functions, the function whose value...
- between host cells. Not all viruses have envelopes. A viral envelope protein or E protein is a protein in the envelope, which may be acquired by the capsid...
- In mathematics and economics, the envelope theorem is a major result about the differentiability properties of the value function of a parameterized optimization...
- Envelope journalism (also envelopmental journalism, red envelope journalism, white envelope journalism, Ch'ongi, wartawan amplop) is a colloquial term...
- In geometry, an envelope of a planar family of curves is a curve that is tangent to each member of the family at some point, and these points of tangency...