Meanings
nounencapsulation (countable and uncountable, plural encapsulations)
plural encapsulations
- countableuncountableThe act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
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]).
2022 May 9, Eleni Tsangouri et al., “Reservoir-Vascular Tubes Network for Self-Healing Concrete: Performance Analysis by Acoustic Emission, Digital Image Correlation and Ultrasound Velocity”, in Applied Sciences, volume 12, number 10, →DOI, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2025 - countableuncountableobject-oriented programmingcomputingGrouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods).
Origin
From en- + capsule + -ation or encapsulate + -ion.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 封装
- 封装 (fēngzhuāng)act of enclosing in a capsule
Czech zapouzdření
- zapouzdřeníobject-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state
Esperanto enkapsuligo
- enkapsuligoobject-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state
Finnish kapselointi, kapselointi
- kapselointiact of enclosing in a capsule
- kapselointiobject-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state
- paketointinetworking: arranging data into packets
French encapsulation, encapsulation
- encapsulationact of enclosing in a capsule
- encapsulationobject-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state
German Abkapselung, Kapselung
- Abkapselungact of enclosing in a capsule
- Kapselungobject-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state
Greek ενθυλάκωση
- ενθυλάκωση (enthylákosi)object-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state
Icelandic hjúpun
- hjúpunobject-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state
Indonesian enkapsulasi
- enkapsulasiact of enclosing in a capsule
Japanese カプセル化
- カプセル化 (kapuseruka)act of enclosing in a capsule
Persian پنهانیدن, پنهانش
- پنهانیدنobject-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state
- پنهانشobject-oriented programming: grouping together an object's state
- لفیدنnetworking: arranging data into packets
- لفشnetworking: arranging data into packets
Romanian încapsulare
- încapsulareact of enclosing in a capsule
Spanish encapsulación
- encapsulaciónact of enclosing in a capsule
Turkish encapsulation
- encapsulationact of enclosing in a capsule
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with encapsulation
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
encapsulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encapsulation
MLA
“encapsulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encapsulation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encapsulation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encapsulation.
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