Envelope vs. Superscribe

Envelope vs. Superscribe — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Envelope and Superscribe

Envelopenoun

A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.

Superscribeverb

(transitive) to write on the exterior of, the surface of, or above.

He superscribed each character with its Latin-alphabet equivalent.

Envelopenoun

Something that envelops; a wrapping.

Superscribeverb

(transitive) to write (something) on the exterior of an object, such as a document or an envelope.

His wife superscribed her own notes on each of his letters before sending them in packets to the editor.

Envelopenoun

A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship; fabric that encloses the gas-bags of an airship.

Superscribeverb

(transitive) To address (an envelope etc.).

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Envelopenoun

(geometry) A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objects.

Superscribeverb

write on the top or outside;

superscribe one's name and address

Envelopenoun

(electronics) A curve that bounds another curve or set of curves, as the modulation envelope of an amplitude-modulated carrier wave in electronics.

Superscribeverb

write on the outside or upper part of;

superscribe an envelope

Envelopenoun

(music) The shape of a sound, which may be controlled by a synthesizer or sampler.

Envelopenoun

(computing) The information used for routing a message that is transmitted with the message but not part of its contents.

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Envelopenoun

(biology) An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane; a space between two membranes

Envelopenoun

(engineering) The set of limitations within which a technological system can perform safely and effectively.

Envelopenoun

(astronomy) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; a coma.

Envelopenoun

An earthwork in the form of a single parapet or a small rampart, sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it.

Envelopeverb

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Envelopenoun

a flat rectangular paper container for papers

Envelopenoun

any wrapper or covering

Envelopenoun

a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves

Envelopenoun

a natural covering (as by a fluid);

the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet

Envelopenoun

the maximum operating capability of a system;

test pilots try to push the envelope

Envelopenoun

the bag containing the gas in a balloon