capsule
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Definition of capsule:
a small container
a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses a shortened version of a written work a structure that encloses a body part a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute enclose in a capsule put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" |