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envelope

[en-vuh-lohp, ahn-]

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noun

a flat paper container, as for a letter or thin package, usually having a gummed flap or other means of closure.

something that envelops; a wrapper, integument, or surrounding cover.

Biology. a surrounding or enclosing structure, as a corolla or an outer membrane.

Geometry. a curve or surface tangent to each member of a set of curves or surfaces.

Radio. (of a modulated carrier wave) a curve connecting the peaks of a graph of the instantaneous value of the electric or magnetic component of the carrier wave as a function of time.

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the fabric structure enclosing the gasbag of an aerostat.

the gasbag itself.

Electronics. the airtight glass or metal housing of a vacuum tube.

the technical limits within which an aircraft or electronic system may be safely operated.

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Idiom

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push the envelope, to stretch established limits, as in technological advance or social innovation.

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Also, envelop.

Origin:
1700–10; < French enveloppe, derivative of envelopper to envelop

Can be confused: envelop, envelope.

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One thing that separates mere stamps from postal history is the evocativeness of an envelope or postcard.

Please include a self-addressed envelope for return of work samples.

Some of those who are thought to be listed in the sealed envelope have keenly endorsed the idea of a tribunal.

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One thing that separates mere stamps from postal history is the evocativeness of an envelope or postcard.

Please include a self-addressed envelope for return of work samples.

Some of those who are thought to be listed in the sealed envelope have keenly endorsed the idea of a tribunal.

Hold the guide envelope firmly in the center with one hand, and use a pencil or pen to trace around it.

The part of the sound wave encoded by the implant to represent speech is known as the envelope.

Limit one entry per envelope and limit one entry per person/ per day regardless of method of entry.

Then insert your invitation into the envelope with the text facing the flap side.

We turn in our answer at the registration desk and receive a manila envelope containing our first round of puzzles.

Do not toss out any unfamiliar white envelope without giving it the once-over.

Please specify on envelope the reference of the post being applied for.

At one point he handed each attendee an unmarked brown envelope.

Please make sure to apply appropriate postage to the return envelope.

Suppose that the envelope is sealed at the shipment source.

The key to this efficiency is having a solid thermal envelope for your home.

Screens were barely larger than a business envelope.

Please specify on the envelope the reference of the post being applied for.

And the arms industry is especially prone to wielding the brown envelope.

Buccal swab kit, instructions, and a self-addressed envelope in which to return your cheek swab sample.

Decipher a scrawled form or the zip code on an envelope.

So thin, in fact, that you can slide it into an envelope.

Please quote the reference of the post in the application and on the envelope.

Some bosses are said to leave a sealed envelope holding the name of a preferred successor in the event of a fatality.

Roll up tightly, folding top and bottom in and over to form a sealed envelope.

The thing is if the greenhouse effect has to stay within an envelope.

Place the voted ballot into the envelope and seal it.

Imagine my surprise upon finding an express envelope waiting for me at home that same day.

When one door closes, the kiskapu usually opens, often lubricated by an envelope of bank-notes.

Navy's largest fuel consumer, is testing the biofuels envelope.

Evolution of the human immunodeficiency virus envelope gene is dominated by purifying selection.

Moreover, to really let them have it pushes the envelope of professional ethics and maybe even personal morals.

It also folds down to the size of an envelope and gives you something to wear between the shower and your room.

Put each set of predictions in an envelope to be saved and opened when those celebrations arrive.

People come into the area, and in a lot of cases they have a kind of superman mentality-they are trying to push the envelope.

We're kind of pushing the envelope of understanding how humans respond to high elevation.

Push the envelope of light, particularly if you're working in color.

But for some students and their families, the fat envelope isn't the end of the road.

The blow opened a huge horizontal gash into the back of his head-picture a slit you could post an envelope through.

Most feared are explosive eruptions that can quickly envelope their surroundings with clouds of killer heat.

The compound evidently binds to lipids in the envelope of both the virus and human cells, causing damage to both.

Limit one entry per envelope and limit one entry per person/per day regardless of method of entry.

Pushing the envelope could well be the company's motto.

It was an envelope with a check inside, a remnant of some larger fantasy-style number labeled gross pay.

But the proposal looked as if it had been scribbled on the back of an envelope.

The remaining dust envelope surrounding the star heats up and glows brightly in the infrared part of the spectrum.

The envelope contains prints that are exclusive to this collector's edition.

So even though the layout of the envelope might look right on the computer screen, the printer may see things differently.

The problems of figuring out what exactly to put in that envelope are probably fairly universal.

They greet me with smiles, then hand over a thick envelope of photographic contact sheets.

The increase pushes the envelope on what customers are willing.

Flutter testing is a critical part of the envelope expansion for any new airplane.

These two letters are sealed into the envelope and placed into the vault by the student.

There is an eternal temptation to push the envelope of efficiency by increasing economy of scale and complexity.

Email is still, somehow, a gummed and sealed paper mail envelope.

It allows you to get a bit more experimental with the music and push the envelope in another way.

Your envelope marked urgent fragile wraps spring in?amed by low sun, long nights.

Replace the trash bags with one large mylar envelope.

It's always one of those tragi-comic moments seeing the envelope.

I'd not put my address on the letter and wrote that he searched the trash for the envelope so he could reply.

We have now completed a significant portion of the longitudinal center of gravity envelope expansion with excellent results.

Much easier for the admin to open an envelope and stick the materials in a folder.

The closing date and prequals number should be clearly written on the envelope.

My suggestion would be to talk to the priest and tell him you have an envelope for the church.

BP were the leaders in all this stretching the envelope all over the world in deep water.

Our garbage collectors leave a pre-addressed envelope on top of our trash can for us to put their tip in.

The star that formed this planetary nebula shed its hydrogen envelope many thousands of years ago.

The envelope system mentioned above also works well.

Every bottle also comes with a postage-paid envelope so that drinkers can mail back the flip-top cap for re-use.

It can be exhilarating to be pushing the envelope during these hectic times of.

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World English Dictionary

envelope (ˈɛnvəˌləʊp, ˈɒn-)

—n
1.	a flat covering of paper, usually rectangular in shape and with a flap that can be folded over and sealed, used to enclose a letter, etc
2.	any covering or wrapper
3.	biology any enclosing structure, such as a membrane, shell, or skin
4.	the bag enclosing the gas in a balloon
5.	maths a curve or surface that is tangent to each one of a group of curves or surfaces
6.	electronics the sealed glass or metal housing of a valve, electric light, etc
7.	telecomm the outer shape of a modulated wave, formed by the peaks of successive cycles of the carrier wave
8.	informal push the envelope to push the boundaries of what is possible

[C18: from French enveloppe, from envelopper to wrap around; see envelop; sense 8 from aeronautics jargon, referring to graphs of aircraft performance]

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Word Origin & History

envelope

1705, from Fr. enveloppe, a back-formation of envelopper "to envelop" (see envelop).

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Medical Dictionary

envelope en·ve·lope (ěn'və-lōp', ŏn'-)
n.
An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane or the outer coat of a virus.

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