For Envelope we have terms and definitions in 13 topics. The topics are Breast Augmentation, Breast Reconstruction, Cinematography, Dream, Entomological, Explosives, Film Production, HIV and AIDs, Import Cars, Insect, International Economics, Music Technology and Poetry.

Envelope (Breast Augmentation)

The outer lining of an implant which traps the inner filling, sealing it in.

Envelope (Breast Reconstruction)

The outer lining of an implant which traps the inner filling, sealing it in.

Envelope (Cinematography)

The shape of the graph as amplitude is plotted against time. A sound's envelope includes its attack, decay, sustain and release (ADSR). (Sound)

Envelope (Dream)

Envelopes seen in a dream, omens news of a sorrowful cast.

Envelope (Entomological)

The carton or wax outermost later of the nest of a social insect, particularly those of wasps.

Envelope (Explosives)

Used to signify a container, also the overall dimensions of an item.

Envelope (Film Production)

The shape of the graph as amplitude is plotted against time. A sound's envelope includes its attack, decay, sustain and release (ADSR). (Sound)

Envelope (HIV and AIDs)

The outer covering of a VIRUS, sometimes called the coat.

Envelope (Import Cars)

The outline of a signal's highest and lowest points acquired over many displayed waveform repetitions

Envelope (Insect)

The carton or wax outermost later of the nest of a social insect, particularly those of wasps.

Envelope (International Economics)

The outermost points traced out by a moving curve.

Envelope (Music Technology)

Factors which determine how a signal / sound changes over its period of existence. See also Sound Synthesis (envelope generator).

Envelope (Poetry)

A poetic device in which a line, phrase, or stanza is repeated so as to enclose other material, as in Dryden's:
What passion cannot Music raise and quell!
When Jubal struck the corded shell,
His listening brethren stood around,
And, wondering, on their faces fell
To worship that celestial sound.
Less than a god they thought there could not dwell
Within the hollow of that shell
That spoke so sweetly and so well.
What passion cannot Music raise and quell!
Sidelight: The term can apply to rhyme as well. The rhyme scheme abba in a quatrain is termed an envelope rhyme since the rhymes of the first and last lines enclose the other lines.
(Compare Chain Verse, Chiasmus, Rondeau)

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