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cap·ture | \ ˈkap-chər , -shər \
Definition of capture
(Entry 1 of 2)
1: an act or instance of capturing: such as
a: an act of catching, winning, or gaining control by force, stratagem, or guilethe capture of the city by enemy forces
b: a move in a board game (such as chess or checkers) that gains an opponent's piece
c: the absorption by an atom, nucleus, or particle of a subatomic particle that often results in subsequent emission of radiation or in fission
d: the act of recording in a permanent filedata capturemotion capture
2: one that has been taken (such as a prize ship)
capture
verb
captured; capturing\ ˈkap-chə-riŋ , ˈkap-shriŋ \
Definition of capture (Entry 2 of 2)
transitive verb
1a: to take captivealso : to gain control of especially by forcecapture a city
b: to gain or win especially through effortcaptured 60 percent of the vote
2a: to emphasize, represent, or preserve (something, such as a scene, mood, or quality) in a more or less permanent form… at any such moment as a photograph might capture …— C. E. Montague
b: to record in a permanent file (as in a computer)The system is used to capture data relating to the buying habits of young people.
3: to captivate and hold the interest ofThe performer captured our attention.
4: to take according to the rules of a gameA knight captured his pawn.
5: to bring about the capture of (a subatomic particle)
6astronomy : to draw into the gravitational influence of a larger bodyAsteroids were thought to be too small to capture a moon, but the moon might be a fragment that broke off.— Kenneth Chang
Definition of capture
(Entry 1 of 2)
1: an act or instance of capturing: such as
a: an act of catching, winning, or gaining control by force, stratagem, or guilethe capture of the city by enemy forces
b: a move in a board game (such as chess or checkers) that gains an opponent's piece
c: the absorption by an atom, nucleus, or particle of a subatomic particle that often results in subsequent emission of radiation or in fission
d: the act of recording in a permanent filedata capturemotion capture
2: one that has been taken (such as a prize ship)
capture
verb
captured; capturing\ ˈkap-chə-riŋ , ˈkap-shriŋ \
Definition of capture (Entry 2 of 2)
transitive verb
1a: to take captivealso : to gain control of especially by forcecapture a city
b: to gain or win especially through effortcaptured 60 percent of the vote
2a: to emphasize, represent, or preserve (something, such as a scene, mood, or quality) in a more or less permanent form… at any such moment as a photograph might capture …— C. E. Montague
b: to record in a permanent file (as in a computer)The system is used to capture data relating to the buying habits of young people.
3: to captivate and hold the interest ofThe performer captured our attention.
4: to take according to the rules of a gameA knight captured his pawn.
5: to bring about the capture of (a subatomic particle)
6astronomy : to draw into the gravitational influence of a larger bodyAsteroids were thought to be too small to capture a moon, but the moon might be a fragment that broke off.— Kenneth Chang