capsule

n 1: a small container (as one holding electronic equipment)

2: a pill in the form of a small rounded container with

medicine inside

3: a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing

structure of e.g. mosses

4: a shortened version of a written work [syn: {condensation},

{abridgement}, {abridgment}]

5: a structure that encloses a body part

6: a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human

life in outer space [syn: {space capsule}]

7: a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected

in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by

parachute [syn: {ejection seat}, {ejector seat}]