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Capsule

//ˈkæps(ə)l// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A membranous envelope.
  2. 2
    a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside wordnet
  3. 3
    A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
  4. 4
    a small container wordnet
  5. 5
    A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.

    "The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp."

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  1. 6
    a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute wordnet
  2. 7
    A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
  3. 8
    a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space wordnet
  4. 9
    A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
  5. 10
    a structure that encloses a body part wordnet
  6. 11
    A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
  7. 12
    a shortened version of a written work wordnet
  8. 13
    A small container containing a dose of medicine.
  9. 14
    a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses wordnet
  10. 15
    in a brief, condensed or compact form attributive, figuratively

    "If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred."

  11. 16
    The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
  12. 17
    A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier. dated
  13. 18
    A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
  14. 19
    A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
  15. 20
    One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.
Verb
  1. 1
    To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules. transitive
  2. 2
    put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume wordnet
  3. 3
    To encapsulate or summarize. transitive
  4. 4
    enclose in a capsule wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).

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