capsule
verbEtymology Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).
1
To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
2
To encapsulate or summarize.
capsule
nounUS /ˈkæps(ə)l/ · UK /ˈkæpsjuːl/
Etymology Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).
13 senses
- 1A membranous envelope.
- 2A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case)…
- 3A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
- 4A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the…
- 5A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
- 6A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in…
- 7A small container containing a dose of medicine.
- 8in a brief, condensed or compact form
- 9The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic —…
- 10A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of…
- 11A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
- 12A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion…
- 13One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.
1
Medicine, Physiology, Sciences A membranous envelope.
- 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.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 4-5:
6
Aerospace, Astronautics, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
7
A small container containing a dose of medicine.
8
Figuratively in a brief, condensed or compact form
- 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.1962, John F. Kennedy, We choose to go to the moon:
11
A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
12
A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
13
One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.
- Derived terms
45 terms
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