space capsule

space capsule

n. A vehicle or compartment of a vehicle designed to transport, protect, and support humans or animals in outer space or at very high altitudes in Earth's atmosphere.

space capsule

n (Astronautics) a vehicle, sometimes carrying people or animals, designed to obtain scientific information from space, planets, etc, and be recovered on returning to earth

cap•sule

(ˈkæp səl, -sul, -syul)

n., v. -suled, -sul•ing,
adj. n. 1. a gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine. 2. a. a membranous sac or integument of the body. b. either of two strata of white matter in the cerebrum. c. the sporangium of various spore-producing organisms, as ferns, mosses, algae, and fungi. 3. a dry dehiscent fruit, composed of two or more carpels. 4. a small case, envelope, or covering. 5. Also called space capsule. a sealed cabin, container, or vehicle in which a person or animal can ride in flight in space or at very high altitudes within the earth's atmosphere. 6. a similar cabin in a military aircraft, which can be ejected in an emergency. 7. a concise report; brief outline. v.t. 8. to furnish with or enclose in or as if in a capsule; encapsulate. 9. to capsulize. adj. 10. small and compact. 11. short and concise; briefly summarized: a capsule report. [1645–55; (< French) < Latin capsula=caps(a) box (see case²) + -ula -ule]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

space capsule - a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer spacecapsuleballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecraft - a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

Translations

capsula spaziale