"microencapsulation" meaning in All languages combined

See microencapsulation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: microencapsulations [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- English encapsulation English microencapsulation From micro- + encapsulation. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-|encapsulation|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- English encapsulation English microencapsulation [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "small", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "little", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μικρός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "micro-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "encapsulation", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "microencapsulation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="microencapsulation"> From micro- + encapsulation. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} microencapsulation (countable and uncountable, plural microencapsulations)
  1. (chemistry) A process in which tiny capsules of one substance are embedded in another so as to be released when force is applied Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-microencapsulation-en-noun-0qHvv32H Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with micro-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with micro-: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 82 18 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. The encapsulation of small pieces of hazardous waste Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-microencapsulation-en-noun-ccfs0sC~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: macroencapsulation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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