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ˈræp ɪŋwrap·ping

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wrapping, wrap, wrappernoun

    the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

  2. swathe, wrappingnoun

    an enveloping bandage

Wiktionary

  1. wrappingnoun

    The material in which something is wrapped

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wrapping

    of Wrap

Freebase

  1. Wrapping

    In computing, wrapping is when a variable that exceeds its maximum value returns to its minimum value and vice-versa. Many high-level programming languages avoid wrapping by giving an arithmetic overflow error if this occurs. Camera wrapping is a technique often used in video games, which allows a player to move in a straight line and get back to where they started. This was more often used in older games to make it seem that the player is moving up or down an extremely high hill; memory can be saved by using wrapping instead of creating a larger area filled with unpassable walls: ⁕With wrapping: ⁕Without wrapping: As the diagrams above show, using wrapping will reduce the size of the area needed. Camera wrapping can also be used to simulate the surface of a cylinder or torus.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wrapping in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wrapping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of wrapping in a Sentence

  1. Bernard Mandeville:

    Ashamed of the many frailties they feel within, all men endeavor to hide themselves, their ugly nakedness, from each other, and wrapping up the true motives of their hearts in the specious cloak of sociableness, and their concern for the public good, they are in hopes of concealing their filthy appetites and the deformity of their desires.

  2. Collin Greene:

    We’re wrapping up a lot of information and posting that to level the playing field so that it could be as easy for outside researchers to find flaws as us.

  3. Seth Rogen:

    And we were like, ‘OK …’ We were kind of wrapping our heads around it.

  4. Rebecca Kleefisch:

    I wouldn't even say that I'm wrapping these issues into current events, affordability is one of the key issues that people think about and talk about with me every single day. You have to remember that gas prices began rising significantly before the war in Ukraine even began.

  5. Tyler Dennis:

    We appreciate Farmers Insurance’s collaboration and innovative thinking with this shift in competition days, the PGA Tour's first network event of 2022 wrapping up on Saturday, combined with football games the following day, will create an action-packed weekend for sports fans.

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    a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
    • A. aberrate
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    • C. excogitate
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