Capsule
[n] a pill in the form of a small rounded container with medicine inside
[n] a small container (as one holding electronic equipment)
[n] a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
[n] a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
[n] a structure that encloses a body part
[n] a shortened version of a written work
[n] a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
[v] put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"
[v] enclose in a capsule
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Synonyms
abridgement, abridgment, capsulate, capsulise, capsulise, capsulize, capsulize, condensation, ejection seat, ejector seat, encapsulate, space capsule
Related Terms
abbreviated, abbreviation, abbreviature, abrege, abridge, abridged, abridgment, abstract, abstracted, amnion, apogee, attitude-control rocket, bag, ballistic capsule, bark, barrel, basket, bladder, bleb, blister, bobbed, boll, bolus, botany, bottle, box,