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envelope

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(1) A range of frequencies for a particular operation.

(2) A group of bits or items that is packaged and treated as a single unit.

(3) See also pushing the envelope.
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The outer envelope might then be cast off as a useless encumbrance; and the second balloon, left free to itself, would not offer the same hold to the currents of air as a half-inflated one must needs present.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
Then he took the envelope itself, held it up to the light, and very carefully studied both the exterior and the flap.
The Valley of Fear by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Robert returned, and waited near his mistress, with the directed envelope in his hand.
My Lady's Money by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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