envelope (EN)

Selfstandige naamwoord

Selfstandige naamwoord “envelope”

1. koevert
   Teken in om die vertalings van voorbeeldsinne en enkeltaal definisies van elke woord te sien.

   She wrote a letter to her friend, placed it in an envelope, and mailed it the next day.
2. 'n Laag of bedekking wat iets omring of omsluit.
   The spacecraft heated up as it passed through the envelope of Earth's atmosphere during re-entry.
3. die ballonagtige deel van 'n lugskip of lugballon wat die gas bevat
   They carefully folded the hot air balloon's envelope after landing.
4. (ingenieurswese) die reeks vermoëns of prestasiegrense van 'n stelsel of toestel
   The new engine design extends the performance envelope of the car, allowing it to reach higher speeds safely.
5. (elektronika) 'n kromme wat wys hoe die amplitude van 'n sein oor tyd verander
   The engineer studied the signal's envelope on the oscilloscope to diagnose the issue.
6. (musiek) die manier waarop 'n klank se hardheid of toon oor tyd verander van wanneer dit begin tot wanneer dit stop.
   The musician adjusted the envelope of the synthesizer, altering how each note began and faded away.
7. 'n Kromme of oppervlak wat aan elkeen van 'n familie krommes of oppervlaktes raak.
   In calculus class, they learned how to find the envelope of a set of lines, which represents their common tangents.
8. (biologie) 'n membraan of laag wat 'n orgaan, sel, of virus omsluit
   The virus's outer envelope allows it to attach to and enter host cells.
9. ('n sterrekunde) 'n wolk van gas wat 'n ster of komeet omring
   The comet's bright envelope became visible through the telescope as it approached the sun.
10. (rekenaarkunde) inligting wat by 'n boodskap gevoeg word wat help met die aflewering daarvan, maar nie deel van die boodskap self is nie
    The email server reads the envelope of the message to determine where to deliver it.