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microcapsulation

microcapsulation is the alternative form of microencapsulation.

Meaning of microencapsulation

Noun

microencapsulation (countable and uncountable, plural microencapsulations)

  1. A process in which tiny capsules of one substance are embedded in another so as to be released when force is applied
  2. The encapsulation of small pieces of hazardous waste

Origin of microcapsulation

From micro- + capsulation.

Questions about microcapsulation

What is microcapsulation the alternative form of?
Microcapsulation is the alternative form of microencapsulation.

Words near microcapsulation in the dictionary

  1. microcapnographs
  2. microcapnography
  3. microcaps
  4. microcapsular
  5. microcapsulated
  6. microcapsulation
  7. microcapsule
  8. microcapsules
  9. microcar
  10. microcarcinoma
  11. microcarcinomas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: microcapsulation (page history and authors); microencapsulation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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