capsule | (noun) a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside | - |
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(noun) a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space | Synonyms: space capsule |
(noun) a small container | - |
(noun) 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 |
(noun) a structure that encloses a body part | - |
(noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, condensation |
(noun) a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses | - |
(verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate |
(verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsulise, capsulize |