space capsule

space capsule

n.

A vehicle or compartment of a vehicle designed to transport, protect, and support humans or animals in outer space or at very high altitudes in Earth's atmosphere.

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space capsule

n

(Astronautics) a vehicle, sometimes carrying people or animals, designed to obtain scientific information from space, planets, etc, and be recovered on returning to earth

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cap•sule

(ˈkæp səl, -sul, -syul)

n., v. -suled, -sul•ing,
adj. n.

1. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.

2.

a. a membranous sac or integument of the body.

b. either of two strata of white matter in the cerebrum.

c. the sporangium of various spore-producing organisms, as ferns, mosses, algae, and fungi.

3. a dry dehiscent fruit, composed of two or more carpels.

4. a small case, envelope, or covering.

5. Also called space capsule. a sealed cabin, container, or vehicle in which a person or animal can ride in flight in space or at very high altitudes within the earth's atmosphere.

6. a similar cabin in a military aircraft, which can be ejected in an emergency.

7. a concise report; brief outline.

v.t.

8. to furnish with or enclose in or as if in a capsule; encapsulate.

9. to capsulize.

adj.

10. small and compact.

11. short and concise; briefly summarized: a capsule report.

[1645–55; (< French) < Latin capsula=caps(a) box (see case²) + -ula -ule]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

space capsule - a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space capsule ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft - a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

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Translations

capsula spaziale