capsule Meaning and Definition

1. n. a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside

2. n. a small container

3. 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

4. n. a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space

5. n. a structure that encloses a body part

6. n. a shortened version of a written work

7. n. a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

8. v. put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

9. v. enclose in a capsule