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The definition of capture
10 Definitions of: capture
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- verb, to take prisoner or gain control over
- verb, (in a game or contest) to win control or possession of
- verb, to succeed in representing or describing (something elusive)
- verb, physics (of an atom, molecule, ion, or nucleus) to acquire (an additional particle)
- verb, to insert or transfer (data) into a computer
- noun, the act of taking by force; seizure
- noun, the person or thing captured; booty
- noun, physics a process by which an atom, molecule, ion, or nucleus acquires an additional particle
- noun, Also called: piracy geography the process by which the headwaters of one river are diverted into another through erosion caused by the second river's tributaries
- noun, the act or process of inserting or transferring data into a computer
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of capture