Envelope

Definitions: Envelope

Envelope

Noun

1. A flat rectangular paper container for papers.

2. Any wrapper or covering.

3. A curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves.

4. A natural covering (as by a fluid); "the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet".

5. The maximum operating capability of a system; "test pilots try to push the envelope".

6. The bag containing the gas in a balloon.

Date "envelope" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	ENVELOPE, n. The coffin of a document; the scabbard of a bill; the husk of a remittance; the bed-gown of a love-letter. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Aerospace	1. Of a variable, a curve which bounds the values which the variable can assume, but does not consider possible simultaneous occurrences or correlations between different values.2. The bounds within which a certain system can operate as a flight envelope, especially a graphic representation of these bounds showing interrelationships of operational parameters. (references)
Computing	In the context of message handling, an information object, part of a message, whose composition varies from one transmittal step to another and that variously identifies the message's originator and potential recipients, documents its past and directs the subsequent conveyance by the MTS, and characterizes its content. Source: European Union. (references)
	A place in which the information to be used in the submission, delivery and relaying of a message is contained. Source: European Union. (references)
Dream Interpretation	Envelopes seen in a dream, omens news of a sorrowful cast. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Electrical Engineering	That part of an electronic tube which forms a gas-tight enclosure. Source: European Union. (references)
	A group of binary digits formed by a byte augmented by a number of additional bits which are required for the operation of the data network. Source: European Union. (references)
	Gas-tight envelope which encloses the elctrodes. Source: European Union. (references)
Industry	Outer diaphragm used in precure retread systems to prevent air in chamber from penetrating between tread and casing, and to give satisfactory finish to exposed bonding layer. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. The outer or covering part of a fold, esp. of a folded structure that includes some sort of structural break. CF:core b. A metamorphic rock surrounding an igneous intrusion.c. In a mineral, an outer part different in origin from an inner part. (references)
Transportation	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. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Envelope

Synonym: gasbag (n). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: -en (meteorology & standards, international organizations), pouching (engineering & technology).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Circumscription	Noun: circumscription, limitation, inclosure; confinement; (restraint); circumvallation; encincture; envelope.
Clothing	Verb: invest; cover; envelope, lap, involve; inwrap, enwrap; wrap; fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up; overlap; sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest.
Covering	Capsule; sheath, sheathing; pod, cod; casing, case, theca; elytron; elytrum; involucrum; wrapping, wrapper; envelope, vesicle; corn husk, corn shuck; dermatology, conchology; testaceology.
Inclosure	Noun: inclosure, envelope; case; (receptacle); wrapper; girdle.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You're only as good as your last envelope. (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ram�n De Espa�a) : Oh, my Dear Friend, my heart was trembling as I walked into the post office, and there you were, lying in Box 237. I took you out of your envelope and read you, read you right there. (The Shop Around the Corner; writing credit: Mikl�s Lászl�; Samson Raphaelson) Pip's invitation..Pip's invitationOh, I remember! I shoved it up my ass! That's right! I wrote it up, put in an envelope, sealed it, and (South Park; writing credit: Rocco Siffredi) One million in each envelope. Twenty envelopes, that's twenty million! (40 gradi all'ombra del lenzuolo; writing credit: Tonino Guerra)
Clever	Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person(s) you want remembered. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	The Blue Envelope Mystery (1916) George Carlin: The Envelope (1986)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Imura Envelope Co.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Arthur's Mystery Envelope (reference) Arthur's Your Own Story: Arthur and Friends Help Learn How to Write, Illustrate and Publish Your Own Book! with Book and Envelope and Other (reference) Lines Scribbled on an Envelope, and Other Poems. (reference) Pushing the Envelope All the Way to the Top (reference) The Empty Envelope (A to Z Mysteries (Paper)) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Journal Of Thermal Envelope And Building Science (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	And the Envelope Please... (reference) Test Pilots: Pushing the Envelope (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Pushing the Envelope (reference) Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference) To Change the Shape of an Envelope (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Hewlett Packard Envelope Feeder C3765B for HP LaserJet 8000 Series (reference) Employee Appraiser Deluxe 4.0 (Ships in Envelope Not Retail Box) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Pictured is a gel envelope being placed on a test pad, in a laboratory setting. Visible also are the rubber-gloved hands of scientists, a glass sheet and a white paper covering. They are preparing for the southern blot technique, now used in recombinant DNA technology. These new technologies have revolutionized the way scientists can look at the detail of cellular molecules.Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).		Concentric layers: envelope membrane bilayer, M protein, and tightly-coiled encased RNA.Credit: CDC.
	Figure 9. Cone for use with Hensen conical net. Invented by Victor Hensen of the University of Kiel in about 1883. He called this invention " Korbnetz." In 1901 he described an improved version that contained a tin-plate envelope. Between these dates, an intermediate form of this net and cone was used in the course of the Plankton Expedition of 1889.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Figure 10. Protected Six thermometer constructed by Negretti and Zambra in 1857 . This type of thermometer protected the reservoir of mercury against the effec ts of pressure by having a second glass envelope which inhibited the heating effect of the pressure.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Figure 13. Negretti and Zambra thermometer, 1878 model. This instrument is the direct ancestor of most reversing thermometers used up to this time. This was the first instrument to break the column of mercury after reversing to obtain the reading. It was entirely enclosed in a double envelope of glass to eliminate pressure effects.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Updated modeling and simulation tools, such as the Advanced Flight Propulsion Data Validation/Analysis System, will allow the F-22 Combined Test Force here to make further predictions when the Raptor begins to step out of the flight envelope during future.
	What every husband knows. Little pay envelope, come to Popper! Sam, this is the first ...Credit: Library of Congress.		M.F. Keiter "blackmail" envelope.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Henry David Thoreau	The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	It was a sort of envelope which appeared to contain papers.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	She took a letter from an envelope and dropped the trinkets in the envelope.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		These viruses are surrounded by a lipid (fatty) envelope, so they are somewhat fragile. (references)
		The fusion of the rabies virus envelope to the host cell membrane (adsorption) initiates the infection process. (references)
		The lipid envelope can be destroyed and the virus killed by fat solvents, such as alcohol, ordinary disinfectants and household bleach. (references)
Business		Information sheets on standard American 8.5" x 11" paper are too wide to fit in a British envelope or in information kits designed to handle the narrower and longer European A4, 8.25" x 11.69" paper. (references)
		Patients often view a doctor's acceptance of the red envelope as an iron contract, which implicitly promises that that doctor will provide the patient with the best possible care. One difficulty this situation presents is that if an honest doctor declines, he or she may be perceived as incompetent. (references)
Economic History	France	The date of creation begins when the envelope is received by the INPI. (references)
	Nicaragua	All offers must be received in a sealed envelope within five days of the request for proposals. (references)
	France	To prove the date of creation of a design or model without formal registration, a designer may wish to use a special envelope (enveloppe speciale) for a US 11 fee. (references)
Political Rights	Cameroon	While alone inside a closed booth, citizens choose a ballot and seal it into an envelope. (references)
	Cameroon	Citizens then exit the booth and vote by depositing the sealed envelope into a ballot box. (references)
	Mauritania	Each citizen votes by entering a booth where they place the card of their candidate of choice into a sealed envelope. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Envelope" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Envelope" is used about 1,426 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	1,426	5,642

Country	Name
Japan	Imura Envelope Co.
	(more examples...)

Expressions using "envelope": break the seals of an envelope ♦ digital envelope ♦ envelope file ♦ Envelope Handler ♦ envelope type junctions ♦ floral envelope ♦ HIV Envelope Protein gp120 ♦ HIV Envelope Protein gp160 ♦ HIV Envelope Protein gp41 ♦ Minimum Envelope ♦ Mohr envelope ♦ Nuclear Envelope ♦ pay envelope ♦ permanently locked envelope ♦ push the envelope ♦ put in an envelope ♦ stamped envelope ♦ transistor linear peak envelope power rating ♦ Viral Envelope Proteins ♦ window envelope. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "envelope": envelope-bag, envelope-directed, envelope-handbags, envelope-lined.
	Ending with "envelope": antibody-envelope, back-of-an-envelope, back-of-envelope, back-of-the-envelope, common-envelope, edge-of-the-envelope, reply-paid-envelope.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "envelope"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zarf, membranë (diaphragm, involucre, membrane, pellicle, tunic, Tunica, valve, webbing), mbulesë (bonnet, cloth, clothes, clothing, coat, counterpane, cover, curtain, dustsheet, envelopment, folder, haircloth, hood, mantle, overcast, overlay, Pall, pod, seating, suffusion, throw, vesture), mbështjellëse (cover, envelopment, folder, pod, sleeve, wrapper). (various references)

Arabic		‏مغلف (covered, enveloped, wrapped), ‏غلاف (binder, casing, coating, covering, integument, investment, sheath, tegument, wrap, wrapper, wrapping), ‏غطاء (bed clothes, casement, casing, clothing, coat, coating, cot, cover, cover up, covering, coverlet, facing, housing, jacket, lid, overlay, robe, roofing, rug, shroud, tarpaulin, tilt, top, vesture, wrapping), ‏غشاء (capsule, diaphragm, film, integument, membrane, overlay, tegument, velum), ‏ظرف (aggravation, charm, circumstance, esprit, occurrence, particularity, receptacle, situation, wit, wittiness). (various references)

Bulgarian		риза (shift, shirt), черупка (Bushing, crust, house, husk, old tub, shell, shuck, test, Testa), чашка (bell, calyx, chalice, cup, drink, peg, pony, receptacle, shot, thalamus), ципа (coat, cuticle, envelopment, membrane, shell, skin, velum), обвивка (aril, casing, coat, covering, encasement, envelopment, husk, jacket, mantle, sheath, sheeting, shell, tegument, tunic, wrap, wrappage, wrapping), обвивна крива, покривало (cover, covering, veil, vesture), плик (cover, paper bag). (various references)

Chinese		信封 . (various references)

Czech		obálka (cover, wrapper). (various references)

Danish		konvolut. (various references)

Dutch		enveloppe (capsid, viral coat), envelop, couvert (cutlery, place setting). (various references)

Esperanto		koverto. (various references)

Faeroese		brævbjálvi. (various references)

Farsi		پوشش (Armature, Camouflage, Capsule, Casing, Coating, Cover, Gear, Mantle, Overlay, Robe, Roof, Shale, Shield, Shroud, Tunic), پاکت (Cover, Pocket), لفاف (Cover, Padding, Wrapper), حلقه ء گلبرگ , جام (Beaker, Bowl, Chalice, Cup, Cupule, Glass, Goblet). (various references)

Finnish		kirjekuori. (various references)

French		Enveloppe (enclosure, motor enclosure). (various references)

German		hülle (can, canning, case, clad, cladding, cover, envelope file, exterior, folder 2. paper wrapper, holder, insulation, integument, involucre, jacket, linear assembly, linear assy, paper file, sheath, shell, skin, sleeve, sleeve assembly, sleeve assy, top, velum, wrapper, wrapping), umschlag (compress, computer-generated letter, computer-generated mailing piece, cover, cuff, data mailer, envelope file, fold, folder, folder 2. paper wrapper, handling, jacket, paper file, portfolio, poultice, slinging, sudden change, traffic, transfer, transshipment, turn up, volume of traffic, wrapper, wrapping), Briefumschlag (mailer), verhüllen (cover, disguise, mantle, mask, to envelope, veil), kuvert (cover), außenhaut (plating, shell, skin). (various references)

Greek		φάκελος (dossier, file). (various references)

Hebrew		מעטפ�" (cloak, wrap, wrapper), לוט (cover, enclosed, enveloped, veil). (various references)

Hungarian		burkolat (casing, coverage, encasement, husk, jacket, masking, muffle, overlay, pavement, revetment, sheet, swathe), boríték (cover), rádiócsőbura, göngyöleg (empties, furl, roll, swathing, torse, web, wrapper, wrapping), fénykoszorú (halo), elektroncsőbura, burkológörbe, burkoló, burkolás (canning, coating, revetment, shielding, wainscoting), bevonat (coat, coating, glaze, muffle, tarnish), átkötés. (various references)

Indonesian		amplop. (various references)

Italian		busta (case, envelope-bag, jacket), involucro (casing, covering, enclosure, involucre, involucrum, jacket, sheath, sheathing, shell, wrapper, wrapping). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		封�' . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		うわづつみ (cover, wrapper), ふうとう, エンベロープ , じょうぶくろ. (various references)

Korean		봉투. (various references)

Malay		amplop. (various references)

Manx		truailley, poagey screeuyn, coodagh (awning, case, coat, coating, cover, housing, overgrowth, shell, shielding, shroud, veil, wrapper). (various references)

Mohawk		watya'tarahkwa. (various references)

Norwegian		konvolutt. (various references)

Papiamen		ènvelop. (various references)

Pig Latin		envelopeay

Polish		koperta. (various references)

Portuguese		envelope (cover, sheath), invólucro (casing, coating, encasement, enclosure, envenom, Hull, inclosure, involucre, jacket, overlay, pack, sheath, sheathing, slipover, wrap in, wrapper, wrapping). (various references)

Romanian		plic (cover), copertã (board, cover, lid), învelitoare (cover, crash, dust cover, hood, lap, wrapper). (various references)

Russian		футляр (case, encasement, sheath, slipover, wallet), конверт (cover, frame), оболочка (capsule, coat, cover, covering, film, involucre, membrane, sheath, shell, shells, skin, tegument), обертка (wrap, wrapper). (various references)

Scottish		suain (deep sleep, sleep, twist as rope, wrap), céis (a case). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		koverat. (various references)

Spanish		sobre (about, above, atop, concerning, o'er, on, on top of, onto, packet, upon). (various references)

Swedish		kuvert (cover, setting), omslag (book jacket, changeover, compress, cover, dressing, wrapper, wrapping). (various references)

Thai		ซองจ�"หมาย, ซอง. (various references)

Turkish		zarf (adverb, adverbial, calyx, cartridge, cover, receptacle, sheath, shuck), torba (bag, carrierbag, cyst, plastic bag, pochette, pocket, poke, pouch, sack, vesica), kılıf (case, casing, cover, dust cover, fig leaf, garment, guise, husk, sheath, slipcover, tick, Tunica, vagina), örtü (blanket, canopy, caparison, cloak, cloth, coat, cope, cover, covering, garment, hood, layout, mantle, nappe, overlay, secundine, shroud, spread, throw, veil, wrap, wrapper). (various references)

Turkmen		bukja (bag). (various references)

Ukranian		конверт, обкладинка (binder, cover, wrapper), оболонка (capsule, carcass, casing, casket, coma, covering, membrane, operculum, rind, sheath, shell, skin, tunic). (various references)

Vietnamese		vỏ bao, bao (bag, casing, enveloping, hull), bọc bì. (various references)

Welsh		amlen (wrapper). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	theca. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "envelope": enveloped, envelopes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Envelope" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ensellure, envalope, enveleope, envelo, enveloppe, envilope, envolop, envolope, evelop, evelope. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "envelope" (pronounced e"nvulō'p)
4	-u l ō' p	antelope, cantaloupe.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-l-n-o-p-v"
	-1 letter: envelop.
	-2 letters: eleven, elevon.
	-3 letters: elope, leone, levee, novel, peeve, pelon.
	-4 letters: enol, epee, even, leno, levo, lone, lope, love, neep, neve, noel, nope, open, oven, peel, peen, pele, peon, pole, pone, veep, vole.
	-5 letters: eel, eon, eve, lee, lev, lop, nee, ole, one, ope, pee, pen, pol, vee, voe.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-l-n-o-p-v"
	+1 letter: enveloped, envelopes.
	+3 letters: development, envelopment, undeveloped.
	+4 letters: developments, envelopments, oversleeping, redeveloping.
	+5 letters: developmental, explosiveness, overexplained, pretelevision, redevelopment.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6E 76 65 6C 6F 70 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

. -. ...- . .-.. --- .--. .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101110 01110110 01100101 01101100 01101111 01110000 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#110 &#118 &#101 &#108 &#111 &#112 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006E 0076 0065 006C 006F 0070 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
envelope stuffing	1,753	cd envelope	68
red envelope	1,691	make envelope	68
envelope	1,578	envelope size	67
stuff envelope	230	business envelope	63
work at home stuffing envelope	201	specialty envelope	59
work from home stuffing envelope	164	square envelope	57
stuffing envelope at home	137	stuffing envelope from home	57
envelope printing	117	wedding envelope	56
envelope template	116	window envelope	56
envelope stuffers	114	colored envelope	53
vellum envelope	101	stuff envelope at home	53
envelope manufacturer	90	custom envelope	49
free work at home stuffing envelope	86	packing list envelope	49
mailing envelope	85	padded envelope	47
envelope stuffing job	81	address envelope	43
glassine envelope	78	wholesale envelope	43
envelope printer	76	red envelope coupon	40
invitation envelope	74	printable envelope	39
envelope seal	70	print envelope	39
addressing envelope	70	paper envelope	38
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Envelope

Definitions: Envelope

Envelope

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Envelope

Synonym: Envelope

Synonyms within Context: Envelope

Circumscription

Clothing

Covering

Inclosure

Crosswords: Envelope

Modern Usage: Envelope

Screenplays

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Envelope

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Image Slideshow: Envelope

Illustrations:Envelope

Computer Images:Envelope

Photo Album: Envelope

Familiar Quotations: Envelope

Henry David Thoreau

Use in Literature: Envelope

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Envelope

Usage Frequency: Envelope

Usage in Company Names: Envelope

Imura Envelope Co.

Expressions: Envelope

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Envelope

envelope stuffing

cd envelope

red envelope

make envelope

envelope

envelope size

stuff envelope

business envelope

work at home stuffing envelope

specialty envelope

work from home stuffing envelope

square envelope

stuffing envelope at home

stuffing envelope from home

envelope printing

wedding envelope

envelope template

window envelope

envelope stuffers

colored envelope

vellum envelope

stuff envelope at home

envelope manufacturer

custom envelope

free work at home stuffing envelope

packing list envelope

mailing envelope

padded envelope

envelope stuffing job

address envelope

glassine envelope

wholesale envelope

envelope printer

red envelope coupon

invitation envelope

printable envelope

envelope seal

print envelope

addressing envelope

paper envelope

Illustrations:
Envelope

Computer Images:
Envelope