[kap-cher] 
verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing, noun | 1. | to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar. |
| 2. | to gain control of or exert influence over: an ad that captured our attention; a TV show that captured 30% of the prime-time audience. |
| 3. | to take possession of, as in a game or contest: to capture a pawn in chess. |
| 4. | to represent or record in lasting form: The movie succeeded in capturing the atmosphere of Berlin in the 1930s. |
| 5. | Computers.
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| 6. | the act of capturing. |
| 7. | the thing or person captured. |
| 8. | Physics. the process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle. |
| 9. | Crystallography. substitution in a crystal lattice of a trace element for an element of lower valence. |
capture cap·ture (kāp'chər)
n.
The act of catching, taking, or holding a particle or impulse.
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