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Meaning of capsule

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  capsule
      n 1: a small container
      2: a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container
         with medicine inside
      3: a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure
         of e.g. mosses
      4: a shortened version of a written work [syn: {condensation},
         {abridgement}, {abridgment}, {capsule}]
      5: a structure that encloses a body part
      6: a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human
         life in outer space [syn: {space capsule}, {capsule}]
      7: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in
         the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by
         parachute [syn: {ejection seat}, {ejector seat}, {capsule}]
      v 1: enclose in a capsule [syn: {capsule}, {capsulate},
           {capsulize}, {capsulise}]
      2: put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize
         the news" [syn: {encapsulate}, {capsule}, {capsulize},
         {capsulise}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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