envelope

Phonetic

US /ˈenvələʊp/UK /ˈenvələʊp/

Translations

NOUNA paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing., Something that envelops; a wrapping., A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship; fabric that encloses the gas-bags of an airship., The shape of a sound, which may be controlled by a synthesizer or sampler., A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objects., A curve that bounds another curve or set of curves, as the modulation envelope of an amplitude-modulated carrier wave in electronics., The information used for routing a message that is transmitted with the message but not part of its contents., An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane; a space between two membranes, The set of limitations within which a technological system can perform safely and effectively., An earthwork in the form of a single parapet or a small rampart, sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it., The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; a coma.

VERBArchaic form of envelop.

Variants

envelopes: Plural

Examples

The campaign — complete with a heart icon doodled on the back of an envelope with a crayon by Milton Glaser, the graphic designer, and a jingle written by Steve Karmen — began in 1977, when New York City was staving off a devastating fiscal crisis.
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These systems may occasionally fail, which causes the balloon to remain flying until either sufficient UV degradation ruptures the envelope, or enough lift gas escapes to cause a descent
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Despite the odds, that person would need to find at least half of people carrying different pieces of the envelope
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The contrast of a Gabor patch was ramped on and off with a temporal gaussian envelope, allowing the presentation of brief motion stimuli.
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The involuntary manslaughter trial came to an end after an envelope of ammunition that the prosecution had not shown the defense was brought into the courtroom.
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