encapsulate

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

v.tr.

1. To encase in or as if in a capsule.
2. To express in a brief summary; epitomize: headlines that encapsulate the news.

v.intr.
To become encapsulated.

encapsulation en·cap'su·la'tion n.
encapsulator en·cap'su·la'tor n.

(1) In object technology, the creation of self-contained modules that contain both the data and the processing. See object-oriented programming.

(2) The transmission of one network protocol within another. As data moves down the protocol stack from the application layer to the data link layer, each protocol encapsulates the higher level by adding its own header to the block of data passed to it. See tunneling and wrapper.

Encapsulating Protocols

In this TCP/IP example, the transport layer encapsulates the data by attaching a TCP or UDP header to the packets. The network layer encapsulates the TCP packet by adding its header and so on.

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Enclosure within a capsule.

IN BRIEF: Enclose in a case or shell. Also: To summarize.

The company will encapsulate the medication in a gel coating.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indkapsle, sammenfatte, isolere, udskille
v. intr. - udtrykke sagens kerne

Nederlands (Dutch)
samenvatten, (zich) inkapselen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (fig) renfermer, résumer, (Aérosp, Pharm) mettre en capsule
v. intr. - renfermer, contenir

Deutsch (German)
v. - einkapseln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περικλείω σε κάψα, αποδίδω περιληπτικά, εκφράζω τα κυριότερα χαρακτηριστικά

Italiano (Italian)
compendiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - encapsular, abranger

Русский (Russian)
кратко излагать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - resumir, compendiar, sintetizar, encapsular, encerrar
v. intr. - encapsularse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kapsla in, sammanfatta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
装入胶囊, 压缩, 封进内部, 形成胶囊

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 裝入膠囊, 壓縮, 封進內部
v. intr. - 形成膠囊

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 캡슐에 넣다
v. intr. - 캡슐에 넣어지다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 要約する, 簡約する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلبسك, يغلف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮תימצת, סיכם, ארז בקופסה‬
v. intr. - ‮נארז בקופסה‬

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