encapsulation

n. state of being enclosed within a capsule; act of placing or enclosing in a capsule; insertion of all methods and data needed for independent operation into one program; (Telecommunications) inclusion of one data structure within another

Encapsulation may refer to:molecular encapsulation, in chemistry, the confinement of an individual molecule within a larger moleculeencapsulation (networking), in computer networking, to include data from an upper layer protocol in a lower layer protocolintegrated circuit encapsulation, in electronics, the design and manufacture of protective packages for integrated circuitsmicro-encapsulation, in material science, the coating of microscopic particles with another materialencapsulation (pharmacology), in pharmacology, the enclosure of a medicine within a relatively stable shell for administrationseparation of concerns and information hiding, in software engineering, the process of enclosing programming elements inside larger, more abstract entities
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Noun
1. the condition of being enclosed (as in a capsule); "the encapsulation of tendons in membranous sheaths"
(hypernym) condition, status
(derivation) encapsulate
2. the process of enclosing (as in a capsule)
(hypernym) process
(derivation) encapsulate

(n.)
The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
  

Encapsulation Medieval theory, a misunderstood rendering of the pagan Mystery teaching of the One becoming the many, which later was rejected by scientists.
"The idea was that Mother Eve in the Garden of Eden held encapsulated in her womb all the seeds of the human race, which she passed on to her children, the families of which in their turn held encapsulated the seeds of future generations, passing them on to their children; and so forth. When properly interpreted, this is what H. P. B. meant when she spoke in The Secret Doctrine (I, 223-4) of the unmodified germ plasm -- Weismann's theory.
"Here again the Christians anthropomorphized the esoteric doctrine, thus distorting it. As a matter of fact, not only the animal kingdom, but the vegetable, mineral, and even the three elemental kingdoms, came forth from the primal human, the 'Adam Qadmon. They were all encapsulated within him, and he brought them forth" (FSO 354n). {Dialogues 3:421-3}