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PACKAGING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The business of packing
Example:
his business is packaging for transport
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("packaging" is a kind of...):
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "packaging"):
meat-packing business; meat packing; meatpacking (wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers))
unitisation; unitization (the act of packaging cargo into unit loads)
Derivation:
package (put into a box)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Material used to make packages
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("packaging" is a kind of...):
material (things needed for doing or making something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "packaging"):
blister pack; bubble pack (packaging in which a product is sealed between a cardboard backing and clear plastic cover)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
Example:
the packaging of new ideas
Synonyms:
packaging; promo; promotion; promotional material; publicity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("packaging" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "packaging"):
buildup (highly favorable publicity and praise)
PR; public relations (a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution)
blurb; endorsement; indorsement (a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books))
ballyhoo; hoopla; hype; plug (blatant or sensational promotion)
pitch; sales pitch; sales talk (promotion by means of an argument and demonstration)
ad; advert; advertisement; advertising; advertizement; advertizing (a public promotion of some product or service)
sales promotion (promotion that supplements or coordinates advertising)
Holonyms ("packaging" is a part of...):
marketing (the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb package
Context examples:
Verifying that the device packaging met proper sterilization conditions and that the effectiveness of the packaging kept the device free viable microorganisms.
(Device Packaging Verification Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
Chromatin packaging of the genome is dynamic, changing with the cell cycle and with transcriptional regulation.
(AKAP8 in Mitosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Packaging of DNA into chromatin allows the cell to store its genetic information efficiently and has an important role in regulating gene expression.
(Gene Silencing Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Alamifovir acts by inhibiting viral DNA priming and viral DNA packaging, thereby decreasing HBV replication.
(Alamifovir, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes acrosin-binding protein, plays a role in proacrosin packaging and condensation for the acrosin zymogen in the acrosomal matrix.
(ACRBP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
The device or packaging contains natural rubber that contacts humans as described under 21 CFR 801.437.
(Labeled as Containing Natural Rubber Latex, Food and Drug Administration)
Performance of the packaging part of the manufacturing process.
(Packing, NCI Thesaurus)
Used for projects involving any aspect of diet or dietary components or contaminants; or food production, packaging, storage, or preparation in relation to health effects, whether positive or negative.
(Nutrition, Other, NCI Thesaurus)
The weight of the content in a container without the weight of the container or any other packaging material.
(Net Weight, NCI Thesaurus)
A level of DNA packaging in chromatin above that of the nucleosome, the fundamental subunit of chromatin structure.
(Chromatin Fiber, NCI Thesaurus)
