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capture

capture

15 7.5
The process of a planet or star taking another object into its orbit
  • noun
  • /ˈkæp.tʃɚ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : captura
  • However, neutral capture in All Stars is slow, and stars only live for so long.
  • neutron capture
  • particle capture
  • carbon capture

And that can also have the the this rapid neutron capture going on.

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Examples

  • The scientists measured the capture of particles during the experiment to refine their theories.

  • This is from Saturday's news here in the UK that a biomass plant is experimenting about carbon capture to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

  • Of course, the human eye is the image capture device with which we ultimately are concerned.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Why would anyone have a problem with carbon capture?

  • The speed is selected to get the best energy capture for a particular site's wind distribution.

    Academic text (1994)
  • So not only does it help filter air out and heat air, but it helps capture moisture.

  • Another transport efficiency, renewable technologies, carbon capture and separation.

  • Standard formats for enterprise data will greatly simplify data capture problems of COA.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Candle filters perform particle capture by dust cake filtration with collection efficiencies greater than 99 percent.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The intimate contact of particle-laden gas and the granular bed facilitates particle capture through inertial impaction.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

absorption
vscapture
  • Specialized
21 4.6

A material takes in energy or a substance from another material

retains incoming objects or particles within a larger system instead of incorporating them

Antonyms

149 3.6

The act of letting a liquid, gas, or energy flow out

32 4.2

Force someone to leave a place

Idioms

To show the most important qualities of something

Compounds

An event in 1775 when American forces took Fort Ticonderoga from the British

How Strong

trap
752 2.0
capture
  • Specialized
15 7.5
binding
  • Specialized
99 8.2
retention
23 4.2

Surface Forms

capture singular
captures plural

Etymology

Capture comes from Latin cap- 'to take', and scientists use it for when one body is 'taken in' by another's gravity. So a planetary capture is when a planet or star 'takes' a comet or asteroid into a new orbit.