capsule en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkæpʃuːl/ (Australia)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkæps(ə)l/ (General-American)
- /ˈkæpsjuːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).
Meanings
- A membranous envelope.
- A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
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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.
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:
- A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
- A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
- A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
- (qualifier:pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
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(attributive, 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:
- The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
- (dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
- A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
- A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
- One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| capsules | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
capsuliferous · Spansule · capsule of lens · encapsule · time capsule · microcapsule · Bowman's capsule · glomerular capsule · renal capsule · tabsule · sense capsule · capsule hotel · space capsule · capsulorhexis · capsuler · macrocapsule · capsulitis · capsulize · capsuligenous · Tenonian capsule · subcapsule · egg-capsule · capsulate · synovial capsule · capsulation · otic capsule · Glissonian capsule · capsulise · capsulogenic · pseudocapsule · Tenon's capsule · capsulectomy · capsular · egg capsule · biocapsule · capsuloligamentous · capsule review · nasal capsule · nanocapsule · baby capsule · caplet · intercapsule · capsulotomy · capsulogenesis · capsuliform
Synonyms
Translations (99)
rif reknina (small container containing a dose of medicine) · ar كَبْسُولة (small container containing a dose of medicine) · fi kotelo (physiology: membranous envelope) · is hylki (small container containing a dose of medicine) · ja 蒴果 (botany: seed-case) · uk ка́псула (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · pt cápsula (botany: seed-case) · sk kapsula (small container containing a dose of medicine) · sl kápsula (small container containing a dose of medicine) · es cápsula (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · cmn 蒴果 (botany: seed-case) · ca càpsula (botany: seed-case) · bg капсула (small container containing a dose of medicine) · de Kapsel (small container containing a dose of medicine) · tl kapsula (small container containing a dose of medicine) · ro capsulă (small container containing a dose of medicine) · hu tok (physiology: membranous envelope) · fr capsule (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · lv pogaļa (botany: seed-case) · de Kapsel (physiology: membranous envelope) · pt cápsula (physiology: membranous envelope) · fr capsule (botany: seed-case) · pl torebka nasienna (botany: seed-case) · acw كپسولة (small container containing a dose of medicine) · ru коро́бочка (botany: seed-case) · fa کپسول (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · es píldora (small container containing a dose of medicine) · pl kapsuła (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · hu lengubó (botany: seed-case) · cmn 太空囊 (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · fr capsule (small container containing a dose of medicine) · tr kapsül (small container containing a dose of medicine) · ca càpsula (small container containing a dose of medicine) · hu mákgubó (botany: seed-case) · af kapsule (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · de Kapsel (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · el κάψα (physiology: membranous envelope) · pl torebka (botany: seed-case) · af kapsule (small container containing a dose of medicine) · de Kapsel (botany: seed-case) · it capsula (small container containing a dose of medicine) · hu gubó (botany: seed-case) · es cápsula (winemaking: the covering over the cork at the top of the wine bottle) · pl torebka stawowa (physiology: membranous envelope) · bg шушулка (botany: seed-case) · bg капсула (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · ru ка́псула (physiology: membranous envelope) · es cápsula (small container containing a dose of medicine) · ca càpsula (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · cs kapsle (small container containing a dose of medicine) · el κάψουλα (small container containing a dose of medicine) · da kapsel (small container containing a dose of medicine) · ka კაფსული (small container containing a dose of medicine) · fr capsule (physiology: membranous envelope) · pt cápsula (small container containing a dose of medicine) · cs tobolka (botany: seed-case) · hu kapszula (small container containing a dose of medicine) · jv kapsul (small container containing a dose of medicine) · uk ка́псула (small container containing a dose of medicine) · ru ка́псула (small container containing a dose of medicine) · ko 삭과 (botany: seed-case) · fa کپسول (physiology: membranous envelope) · pl kapturek termokurczliwy (winemaking: the covering over the cork at the top of the wine bottle) · acw كبسولة (small container containing a dose of medicine) · fi kapseli (small container containing a dose of medicine) · ko 캡슐 (small container containing a dose of medicine) · tr kapsül (botany: seed-case) · vi viên thuốc con nhộng (small container containing a dose of medicine) · el κάψα (botany: seed-case) · ja カプセル (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · fa کپسول (small container containing a dose of medicine) · af bottelseël (winemaking: the covering over the cork at the top of the wine bottle) · el θαλαμίσκος (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · cmn 膠囊 /胶囊 (small container containing a dose of medicine) · es cápsula (physiology: membranous envelope) · af kapsule (physiology: membranous envelope) · fi kota (botany: seed-case) · pl kapsułka (small container containing a dose of medicine) · id kapsul (small container containing a dose of medicine) · fr gélule (small container containing a dose of medicine) · uk ка́псула (physiology: membranous envelope) · ja カプセル (small container containing a dose of medicine) · pt cápsula (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · ko 캡슐 (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · it capsula (botany: seed-case) · hu toktermés (botany: seed-case) · gl bagaña (botany: seed-case) · hu űrkabin (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · be ка́псула (small container containing a dose of medicine) · el κάψα (small container containing a dose of medicine) · af kapsule (botany: seed-case) · cs tobolka (small container containing a dose of medicine) · fi kapseli (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · es cápsula (botany: seed-case) · ru ка́псула (part of spacecraft containing crew's living space) · ro capsulă (botany: seed-case) · ca càpsula (physiology: membranous envelope) · bg капсула (physiology: membranous envelope) · pdt Kaupsel (small container containing a dose of medicine)