• Finnish: kapseli
• German: Kapsel
• Portuguese: cápsula

• Finnish: kapseli
• German: Kapsel
• Portuguese: cápsula

• ttbc French: capsule

French

Etymology

From capsula.

Noun

fr-noun f

1. capsule

Italian

Noun

capsule

1. Plural of capsula

The word capsule, or encapsulation, may refer to:

• Capsule (anatomy), a cover or envelope partly or wholly surrounding a structure.
• Capsule (fruit), a type of dry fruit like the poppy, iris or foxglove.
• capsule (group) is a Shibuya-kei musical group, consisting of vocalist Toshiko Koshijima and producer Yasutaka Nakata.
• Capsule (microbiology), a layer that lies outside the cell wall of bacteria.
• Capsule (pharmacy), a small gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medication.
• Another name for the sporangium of mosses and hornworts.
• The electronic or electromagnetic component inside a microphone which converts acoustic energy into an electric signal.
• Capsular contracture, the scar tissue naturally forming around breast implants.
• A protective cover for a cork on a bottle.
• A cylinder capped with hemispheres

• A capsule hotel is a type of very dense overnight lodging popular in urban Japan.
• A space capsule is a type of manned spacecraft.
• A time capsule is a cache of items and/or information to be preserved for future times.

• The plastic container used to hold small toys and other items in bulk vending machines, also known as "Capsule Machines"

See also:

• data encapsulation

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