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Encapsulation

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

The inclusion of one data structure within another structure so that the first data structure is hidden for the time being.

Classifications

Entity Type

Control72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Encapsulations
possessive
Encapsulation's
pluralpossessive
Encapsulations'