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capsule

noun

1 capsule

A small container.

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Roget 223: covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri [Fr.], umbrella, parasol, sunshade; ... show more

Polish: kapsułka

2 capsule

A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside.

Dutch: capsule
Polish: kapsułka

3 capsule

A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses.

Polish: torebka

4 capsule

A shortened version of a written work.

synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, condensation.

Dutch: bekorting, uittreksel, excerpt, samenvatting, verkorting, inkorting, afkorting
Polish: skrót

5 capsule

A structure that encloses a body part.

Dutch: kapsel
Polish: torebka

6 capsule

A spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space.

synonym: space capsule.

7 capsule

A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.

synonyms: ejection seat, ejector seat.

Polish: kapsuła, kapsuła ratownicza

verb

1 capsule

Enclose in a capsule.

synonyms: capsulate, capsulise, capsulize.

2 capsule

Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume.

synonyms: capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate.


Moby thesaurus: Earth insertion, LEM, LM, abbreviated, abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridge, abridged, abridgment, abstract, abstracted, amnion, apogee, attitude-control rocket, bag, ballistic capsule, bark, barrel, basket ... show more.

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