ENVELOPE
\ˈɛnvəlˌə͡ʊp], \ˈɛnvəlˌəʊp], \ˈɛ_n_v_ə_l_ˌəʊ_p]\
Definitions of ENVELOPE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves
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a flat rectangular paper container for papers
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the bag containing the gas in a balloon
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the maximum operating capability of a system; "test pilots try to push the envelope"
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a natural covering (as by a fluid); "the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet"
By Princeton University
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a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves
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a flat rectangular paper container for papers
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the bag containing the gas in a balloon
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the maximum operating capability of a system; "test pilots try to push the envelope"
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a natural covering (as by a fluid); "the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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To surround as a wrapper; enclose.
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A wrapper of paper with gummed edges, as for enclosing a letter; any enclosing covering.
By James Champlin Fernald
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That which envelops or covers; the cover of a letter on which the address is written; one of the parts of fructification surrounding the stamens and pistils; a mound of earth raised to cover some weak parts of the works; the covering of a portion of the surface of a solid with a thin substance or wrapper; the coma of a comet.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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