Hülle

German (Berlin)

[ˈhʏlə]

noun
Definitions
  • covering, wrapping
  • case, sheath
  • husk useless, dried-up, worthless exterior
  • mantle anything that covers or conceals something else
  • shell any hollow structure, framework, or exterior structure
  • cladding hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection
  • (aeronautics) envelope bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship
  • (chemistry) shell set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number
  • (mathematics) closure smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *huljaną (cover, veil).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*huljaną

Gloss

cover, veil

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

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