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capture

[kap-cher]

verb (used with object)

to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.

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.

to take possession of, as in a game or contest: to capture a pawn in chess.

to represent or record in lasting form: The movie succeeded in capturing the atmosphere of Berlin in the 1930s.

Computers.

to enter (data) into a computer for processing or storage.

to record (data) in preparation for such entry.

noun

the act of capturing.

the thing or person captured.

Physics. the process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle.

Crystallography. substitution in a crystal lattice of a trace element for an element of lower valence.

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Origin:
1535–45; < Middle French < Latin captūra, equivalent to capt(us) taken (past participle of capere to take) + -ūra -ure

Related forms

cap·tur·a·ble, adjective

cap·tur·er, noun

pre·cap·ture, adjective, verb (used with object), -tured, -tur·ing.

un·cap·tur·a·ble, adjective

un·cap·tured, adjective

Synonyms
1. catch, arrest, snare, apprehend, grab, nab. 6. seizure, arrest, apprehension.

Antonyms
1, 6. release.

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Example Sentences

Carbon capture and sequestration has been a missing piece in eliminating greenhouse gases.

But neither capture the complexity of what my teaching and intellectual life entails.

The fact that tree-ring records do not capture recent warming adds to the scepticism about the value of such records.

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Carbon capture and sequestration has been a missing piece in eliminating greenhouse gases.

But neither capture the complexity of what my teaching and intellectual life entails.

The fact that tree-ring records do not capture recent warming adds to the scepticism about the value of such records.

It takes a special scientist to capture huge crocs.

Off the grid: a high-tech military deployed the ancient art of stealth to capture their man.

Excellent skills and amazing you were able to capture her so close.

Even though many nets are now equipped with devices to release the dolphins, the stress of capture alone may cause injury.

They considered marker-based motion-capture technology to capture the motions of the body and apply them to computer characters.

There are strong views on whether taxpayer money should be used to fund carbon capture and storage projects.

Even these days, to charm is to attract people and capture their attention-but no president wants to be.

They are used, for example, to capture waste heat from car engines.

Fast-moving objects can be hard to capture with a digital camera.

In addition, the maneuver dubbed wake capture allows insects to utilize energy that would normally be lost.

We offer education and interpretive exhibits that capture these experiences.

Air bags in each seat sink and rise to capture the sensation of extreme acceleration.

It is far from clear that either experiment will capture its prize.

Certainly, that is the only way to bring about the widespread adoption of carbon-dioxide capture and storage.

The fast descent of a bird such as a peregrine falcon as it dives to capture a bird in flight is called a stoop.

How can a scientific journal even mention carbon capture and storage as a solution.

If you find something interesting and manage to capture it in a photo, consider sending it in.

Professional photographers camp here to capture the unfolding layers of color and shadow at dawn.

Two words best capture why the iPad might fit well on college campuses: beanbag chair.

The vehicle is fitted with a device to capture some of the heat normally lost through an exhaust and convert it into electricity.

Digital motion-detection cameras capture elusive wildlife.

Images capture subjects as vast as a nascent ocean and as tiny as carbon nanotubes.

Watch a red bat capture a moth that doesn't produce sound.

Rich textures, colors, and plant-filled raised beds capture the sculptural beauty of the desert.

Universities are constantly seeking to capture more revenue to make themselves more excellent.

Watch a honey badger capture and devour a snake, head first.

Enclosed please find a brief and truthful account of the capture of the specimens which compose this group.

By rushing ears from the garden to boiling water, you can capture their full sweetness.

All of those could capture something-squeaks, squiggles-sufficient to convince believers that some ghostly presence was abroad.

Most bites occur when people try to kill or capture snakes.

Only then will he capture them in outsize photographs that he takes not with a camera but with a digital tool-a flatbed scanner.

As the sun sets, white pumpkins and potted white violas capture the fading daylight as no color can.

White's concerns about the morality of farming, his desire to capture on paper the rhythms of life.

In this gallery, get tips on how to capture the essence of urban spaces.

Scientists suspected that the common thresher shark used its long tail to capture food-and now they have video to prove it.

Sunset's wreaths and garlands also capture the spirit of this magical season.

Since their capture millennia ago, the microbes seem to have been completely isolated.

It takes time and patience to capture nature in action.

To capture that spirit, imagine your own journey through an unknown place.

Cisterns capture and store rainwater for landscape irrigation.

Sometimes it takes more than one great shot to capture a moment.

Typically, coal companies construct filtration ponds to capture sediments and valley-fill runoff.

The focal length you need depends on your distance from the burst and what you're trying to capture.

Share your photos, hear from speakers and learn about new techniques that may help you capture that picture perfect moment.

To his dismay, the crafty bird got away, but not without leaving its surprised expression for me to capture.

In the endeavor to reduce greenhouse emissions, carbon capture and storage technology continues to generate a lot of interest.

But several projects around the country are trying to develop new evaluation forms that more accurately capture how.

The prototype is as big as a coffee table and takes five minutes to capture enough images to generate a high quality picture.

Can carbon capture and storage save the climate from the consequences of fossil fuel.

These stealthy shades, with their built-in video camera and microphone, capture everything you see and hear.

The enormous rigid mirrors that capture and focus light inside large.

The current technology to capture carbon from power plant emissions may not.

Capture camera pictures, and screenshots from a terminal.

Haraway's essay was an unlikely candidate to capture the zeitgeist.

And methane is difficult to capture in small volumes at low concentrations.

After three years of unsuccessful attempts to capture a.

Solyndra hopes to capture the wasted sunlight falling on roofs by making solar cells into cylinders.

It is hard to capture anything when moving so rapidly espcially when things happen only a split second and cannot be repeated.

The power of plants and their ability to capture moods as well as to transport us fascinates him.

The tech on the audio capture is fairly well-known, but it's worth.

Aytes's work embodies the university's values almost as perfectly as a poem might capture happiness or disappointment.

They are also looking to capture other kinds of customer.

Their devices would capture wave energy and convert it to electricity.

Two driving forces acting on wet spider silk help it to capture water.

They really capture the students' attention and provide an excellent source of stop and go discussion.

In particular, thin cells fail to capture much light at the red end of the spectrum.

Radiologists use computed tomography to capture thin-slice images of.

It is difficult for journalists to capture the attention of typical readers without relying on human interest stories.

Despite measures designed to protect this rich array of bird life by banning the capture and trade of wild.

The wavelike motion of energetic particles through photosynthetic systems enables plants to efficiently capture the sun's energy.

Capture the flavor of the season with an elegant purée of cantaloupe and peaches, topped with fresh raspberries and a splash.

QR codes are a technology that has never seemed to really capture the imagination of the general public.

What it fails to capture is the dramatic decrease in actual state dollars for higher education.

Capture those similarities in a model and it should be possible to predict how a crowd will behave.

Capture elusive wildlife photographs with this remote system.

Lethal from day one, the tentacled snake uses surprisingly sly tactics to capture fish.

He used to get a bad animation rap for rotoscoping, but it set the template for motion capture.

To capture the public's attention, an arts organisation needs a story.

Field-tested cameras and accessories to help you capture that perfect shot.

New tools attempt to capture the sixth extinction currently underway, while also highlighting ways to stop it.

Lovely capture of colour, texture, light and height.

The idea is that you create superheroes with number values to capture the villains who also have number values.

After all, even the best data do not capture the why of enrollment outcomes.

Platform companies that can capture a digital market have benefits for the wider economy.

Designed to capture the imagination of young explorers and budding adventurers.

When it comes to mapping the ocean floor, lasers can capture fine details even better than the sonar.

Artists' journals can be an art form unto themselves, a taxonomy of days that attempt to capture the random rush of creativity.

Its a slow shutter shot so i could capture more of the colors.

Nor do these sobering statistics capture the full sense of the transformation.

Whether this reflects a drop in trade or the traffickers' increasing skill in avoiding capture is unclear.

Geography's task is to discover and capture its horizons in order to understand how people live and work and utilize resources.

Detectors in the lens capture the fluorescence, and software constructs the image.

What a gift you haveto see what so many of us don't see, then to capture it in such a stunning picture.

Nice, especially if you want to shoot slow-motion video or capture a still of something that's happening really fast.

Such things as screen capture software or remote cameras or phones could still be used.

Modern cameras capture more than blurred images: they record the precise bone structure of people's faces.

Chameleons can easily escape the attention of both predators and the prey they capture with their enormous tongue.

They still capture a small fraction of the two million or so peer-reviewed articles published each year by journals.

The robot precisely controls where and how many pictures your camera takes, allowing it to systematically capture an entire scene.

University attendants would scramble to try to capture the projectiles.

As agent software becomes better able to capture complex real-world behaviour, other uses for it are sure to emerge.

Triggered by heat and movement, our simplified all-weather digital cameras capture multiple images of backyard wildlife.

The team used submicron-size filters to capture any such organisms in deep borehole.

Clouds, farm building, lightening and wheat capture the mood.

The multi-touch display responds to both finger and stylus, featuring handwriting recognition and signature capture technologies.

Next, spend some time considering the type of information you want to capture as well as the level of detail required.

One cannot hope to capture its sound or fury on the page.

These large-mouth fish often bury themselves in sand or mud and dart out to capture prey.

So, the group set nonharmful traps and positioned video equipment to help capture approaching animals.

Such a moving image depicting a world that is so difficult to accurately capture.

It works across all browsers, but it's nowhere near as robust nor does it capture information as well.

Moreover, the ten-year census may not capture what has been happening recently.

Our best photographers share their years of experience to help you capture that perfect shot.

All sorts of dictionaries have been written, trying to capture the accent and its spelling.

They are at best artificial, and capture meaningless numbers and statistics.

Both artists capture long disappeared lives and events and everyday strangeness that are too often misrepresented or unexplored.

There is little doubt that the announcement of such endeavors can capture a great deal of attention.

Folkways has two recordings that capture this moment in civil rights history.

Aim to capture the soul of the place as well as its physical appearance.

The menus in this five-part series about lunches are meant to capture the spirit and culinary creations of their eras.

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World English Dictionary

capture (ˈkæptʃə)

—vb
1.	to take prisoner or gain control over: to capture an enemy; to capture a town
2.	(in a game or contest) to win control or possession of: to capture a pawn in chess
3.	to succeed in representing or describing (something elusive): the artist captured her likeness
4.	physics (of an atom, molecule, ion, or nucleus) to acquire (an additional particle)
5.	to insert or transfer (data) into a computer

—n
6.	the act of taking by force; seizure
7.	the person or thing captured; booty
8.	physics a process by which an atom, molecule, ion, or nucleus acquires an additional particle
9.	geography Also called: piracy the process by which the headwaters of one river are diverted into another through erosion caused by the second river's tributaries
10.	the act or process of inserting or transferring data into a computer

[C16: from Latin captūra a catching, that which is caught, from capere to take]

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Word Origin & History

capture

1540s, from M.Fr. capture "a taking," from L. captura "a taking," from captus (see captive). The verb is 1795; in chess, checkers, etc., 1820.

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Medical Dictionary

capture cap·ture (kāp'chər)
n.
The act of catching, taking, or holding a particle or impulse.

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