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Definition of Incasement
1. Noun. The act of enclosing something in a case.
Generic synonyms: Enclosing, Enclosure, Envelopment, Inclosure
Derivative terms: Encase, Incase
Definition of Incasement
1. n. The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased.
Definition of Incasement
1. Noun. (archaic form of encasement) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incasement
Literary usage of Incasement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1906)
"... from their wall by an incasement, or lantern, or shield (Fig. 1 6), in strong
sheet-iron lined on its inside by a thick layer of insulating ebonite. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"... which lingered on and survived until a late date in the first half of the
present century.* •The theory of incasement ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"... it is the general acceptance of the truth of epi- genetic evolution as opposed
to the preformation or incasement theory, which lingered on and survived ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"... it is the general acceptance of the truth of epigenetic evolution as opposed
to the preformation or incasement theory, which lingered on and survived ..."
5. The Science Record edited by Alfred Ely Beach (1875)
"No signs of injury to the incasement of columns A and C were visible, although the
... A strip of lead near to the crack in the incasement of column B and ..."
6. General Physiology: An Outline of the Science of Life by Max Verworn (1899)
"Wolff's " theoria generationis," which later became the basis of all our modern
ideas of the development of organisms, denied incasement and put in its ..."
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