Noun: encapsulation in,kap-su'ley-shun or en,kap-su'ley-shun [N. Amer], in,kaps-yû'ley-shun or en,kaps-yû'ley-shun [Brit]
- The condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule)
"the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths"
- The process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
"The encapsulation of the medicine in a gel coating made it easier to swallow"
- (computing) a principle in object-oriented programming that bundles data and the methods that operate on that data within a single unit or object, hiding internal details and restricting access to some of an object's components
"Encapsulation helps in achieving data abstraction and modularity in software design"
Derived forms: encapsulations
Type of: condition, physical process, process, status
Encyclopedia: Encapsulation