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The term "encapsulate" is employed in various ways to convey the idea of capturing the essence of something in both abstract and concrete contexts. It is used to distill complex interests into core elements, as when it describes what drew someone to a particular field [1] and when it conveys the containment of a breach with emergency defenses [2]. At the same time, the word elegantly compresses broad ideas into concise truths about topics like intellectual property [3] and synthesizes diverse responses into a single, coherent message [4]. In more technical descriptions, it illustrates how devices store critical operating information [5] and how companies process raw ingredients into finished goods [6], while also serving as a metaphor for the way information circulates across global networks [7].
  1. LOGIC ELEMENTS: the term seems to encapsulate what drew Peter Samson, son of a mill machinery repairman, to electronics.
    — from Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution Chapters 1 and 2 by Steven Levy
  2. In some way, no one made it clear, a section of the perimeter had been broken through and emergency defenses had to be thrown up to encapsulate it.
    — from Deathworld by Harry Harrison
  3. I wish to convince you that their views are important because they encapsulate neatly an important series of truths about intellectual property.
    — from The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
  4. no-no. summarize To encapsulate a number of responses into one coherent, usable message.
    — from Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe
  5. Today's cameras-from the disposables to the fully automated-encapsulate everything we have to know to operate them.
    — from The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
  6. These companies buy bulk product by the barrel or sack; then encapsulate, blend and roll pills, bottle and label, advertise and make profit.
    — from How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Isabel A. Moser
  7. 76 What could encapsulate better the process by which information spreads on a global network?
    — from The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

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