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Chassis vs Enclosure - What's the difference?

chassis | enclosure |

As nouns the difference between chassis and enclosure

is that chassis is a base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward while enclosure is something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.

chassis

Alternative forms

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Noun

(chassis)
  • A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.
  • The base frame of a motor vehicle.
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  • A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
  • (slang) A woman's buttocks.
  • enclosure

    Alternative forms

    * inclosure

    Noun

  • (countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
  • There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo.
  • (uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
  • ''The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated.
  • (countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
  • He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.
    The glass enclosure holds the mercury vapor.
    The winning horse was first into the unsaddling enclosure .
  • (uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
  • The enclosure of public land is against the law.
    The experiment requires the enclosure of mercury vapor in a glass tube.
    At first, untrained horses resist enclosure .
  • (uncountable, British History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
  • Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure .
  • The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.
  • Usage notes

    * For more on the spelling of this word, see (m).