Definition of envelop

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Envelop (n.) A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine..

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Atmosphere :: Atmosphere (n.) Any gaseous envelope or medium.
Enucleate :: Enucleate (v. t.) To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell..
Chromosphere :: Chromosphere (n.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame..
Emerge :: Emerge (v. i.) To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity..
Envelopment :: Envelopment (n.) The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.
Bemist :: Bemist (v. t.) To envelop in mist.
Volva :: Volva (n.) A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops..
Pallium :: Pallium (n.) A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment..
Envelop :: Envelop (n.) 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..
Envelopment :: Envelopment (n.) That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.
Coppering :: Coppering (n.) An envelope or covering of copper.
Fog :: Fog (v. t.) To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure..
Comet :: Comet (n.) A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix..
Cover :: Cover (n.) Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book..
Parchment :: Parchment (n.) The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp..
Corolla :: Corolla (n.) The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom..
Coma :: Coma (n.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet..
Perithecium :: Perithecium (n.) An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification..
Roundabout :: Roundabout (a.) Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
Ensphere :: Ensphere (v. t.) To place in a sphere; to envelop.
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