Look up: Envelope

1. Envelope
   1) Jargon for Lamp. 2) The glass tube part of the lamp, containing the filament.
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2. Envelope
   The outermost layers of a cell or the membrane of a virus.
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3. Envelope
   The envelope is the part of the balloon that inflates. It is made up of a number of vertical segments called gores, which are themselves made up of a number of smaller panels. Each panel edge is folded back on itself, interleaved with the next folded edge, and then all four thicknesses of fabric are...
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4. envelope
   [n] - a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves 2. [n] - a natural covering (as by a fluid) 3. [n] - the maximum operating capability of a system 4. [n] - the bag containing the gas in a balloon 5. [n] - a flat rectangular paper container for papers 6. [n] - any wrapper or covering
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5. Envelope
   1) How a sound or audio signal varies in intensity over a time span.
   2) How a control voltage varies in level over time controlling a parameter of something other than gain or audio level.
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6. Envelope
   In audio recording software this refers to the way in which the level of a sound or signal varies over time, including alterations in a sound's amplitude, frequency and timbre. In MIDI, an instrument can be altered by manipulating the envelope which contains parameters such as attack, sustain, d...
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7. Envelope
   changes in a sound over time, including alterations in a sound's amplitude, frequency and timbre. Used in sound synthesis to control the volume, pan, pitch or other attribute of sound over a period of time. ADSR envelopes are the most commonly used type of envelope. They are divided into several seg...
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8. Envelope
   The gas container of a balloon or airship or the outer cover surrounding the gas bags.
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9. Envelope
   Paper that is folded and glued in a wide variety of sizes and shapes, for containing letter of other materials. Many printing jobs will end up in an envelope. The closer a finished piece is to an envelope size, the easier it will be to mail and the less chance it will be damaged by jostling around i...
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10. envelope
    a) the gas-containing unit of a balloon, non-rigid, or semi-rigid airship; b) the outer cover of an airship in which the gas-containing units are surrounded by a layer of air or inert gas Category: Transport • outer diaphragm used in precure retread systems to prevent air in chamber from...
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11. envelope
    (1) Lipoprotein outer layer of some viruses - derived from plasma membrane of the host cell. (2) In bacteriology, the plasma membrane and cell wall complex of a bacterium.
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12. envelope
    1. <virology> Lipoprotein outer layer of some viruses derived from plasma membrane of the host cell. ... 2. <microbiology> The plasma membrane and cell wall complex of a bacterium. ... (11 Nov 1997) ...
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13. envelope
    noun any wrapper or covering
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14. envelope
    noun the maximum operating capability of a system; `test pilots try to push the envelope`
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15. envelope
    noun a natural covering (as by a fluid); `the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet`
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16. envelope
    noun a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves
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17. envelope
    noun the bag containing the gas in a balloon
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18. envelope
    (en´vә-lōp) an encompassing structure or membrane. in virology, the outer lipoprotein coat of a large virus, surrounding the capsid and usually furnished, at least partially, by the host cell. Called also peplos. in bacteriology, the cell wall and the plasma membrane considered together....
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19. Envelope
    • (n.) Alt. of Envelop
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20. envelope
    (from the article `virus`) ...into a structure called a nucleoprotein, or nucleocapsid. Some viruses have more than one layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid; still ...
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21. envelope
    (from the article `motion-picture technology`) The modern era in lighting began in the late 1960s when tungsten-halogen lamps with quartz envelopes came into wide use. The halogen compound is ... Electric discharge lamps, in which enclosed gases are energized by an applied voltage and thereby made to glow, are extremely efficient light ...
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22. envelope
    (from the article `singular solution`) ...of the differential equation, but it is not a member of the family constituting the general solution. The singular solution is related to the ...
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23. envelope
    (from the article `Huygens` principle`) A surface tangent to the wavelets constitutes the new wave front and is called the envelope of the wavelets. If a medium is homogeneous and has the ...
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24. envelope
    in musical sound, the attack, sustain, and decay of a sound. Attack transients consist of changes occurring before the sound reaches its steady-state ...
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25. envelope
    in poetry, a device in which a line or a stanza is repeated so as to enclose a section of verse, as in Sir Thomas Wyatt`s `Is it Possible?`:Is it ...
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