Encapsulation

Definitions

1. The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
   countable, uncountable
2. Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).
   countable, uncountable
3. The process of arranging data into packets that can be transmitted using a given protocol.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Recent studies demonstrate⟳ that encapsulation of the healing agent provides successive repair⟳ by reducing the capsules’ diameter to the material granulometry [2] and by casting them through materials compatible to concrete (i.e., [3]).”

CEFR level