Definition von „wraparound“ auf Englisch

adjective

1. (of clothing) Designed to be wrapped around the body and tied.

2. (of windows, sunglasses and eyeglasses lenses, etc.) Extending around a corner or bend.

3. Serving to surround or bookend something else.

noun

1. (countable) A garment that is wrapped around the body and tied.

2. (countable) A label or advertising display that wraps around a container.

3. (countable, television, radio) A segment where material featuring one person (such as a reporter) is introduced and concluded by another person.

4. (countable, often attributive) An extension to a property that combines side and rear additions.

5. (countable) Synonym of wraparound mortgage.

6. (uncountable, countable, computing) Word wrap, the word processing feature that moves text to the beginning of the next line if it will not fit at the end of the current line.

   • See also: autowrap, backwrap, line break, word wrap, and wrapping

7. (uncountable, countable, programming) The wrapping of numerical values in case of underflow or overflow.

   • The addition of integers is unchecked, so wraparound occurs if the resulting value is beyond the representable range.

8. (countable, ice hockey) An attempt to score by reaching around the side of the net from behind.