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Definition of envelopment noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

envelopment

noun

/ɪnˈveləpmənt/

/ɪnˈveləpmənt/

[uncountable] (formal)

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the act of wrapping somebody/something up or of covering them/it completely

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