Definitions For Capsule

noun

• A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
• A small container
• A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
• A spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
• A structure that encloses a body part
• A shortened version of a written work
• A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
• A very small container that is filled with medicine and swallowed whole
• A small glass or plastic container that has something (such as a liquid) inside of it
• A small part of a spacecraft that is separate from the rest of the spacecraft and that is where people live and work

verb

• Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
• Enclose in a capsule
• Very short