Dictionary Definition
capture
Noun
1 the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of
property [syn: gaining
control, seizure]
2 a process whereby a star or planet holds an
object in its gravitational field
3 any process in which an atomic or nuclear
system acquires an additional particle
4 the act of taking of a person by force [syn:
seizure]
5 the removal of an opponent's piece from the
chess board
Verb
1 succeed in representing or expressing something
intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an
idea"
2 attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured
all the men's hearts" [syn: enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant]
3 succeed in catching or seizing, especially
after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the
thief?" [syn: get, catch]
4 bring about the capture of an elementary
particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This
nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured
a comet"
5 take possession of by force, as after an
invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the
inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the
castle" [syn: appropriate, seize, conquer]
6 capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping;
"I caught a rabbit in the trap toady" [syn: catch]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From capture (noun).Pronunciation
Noun
- An act of capturing.
- Something that has been captured; a captive.
Translations
act of capturing
- Galician: captura
- Spanish: captura
something that has been captured
Verb
- To take control of.
- To remove or take
control of from the opponent in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers)
- He captured his opponent’s queen on the 15th move.
- To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation
- She captured the sounds of a subway station on tape.
- She captured the details of the fresco in a series of photographs.
- To reproduce convincingly.
- His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.
- In her latest masterpiece, she captured the essence of Venice.
- To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game
(e.g., chess, go, checkers.)
- My pawn was captured.
Quotations
- 1954, Fred Reinfeld, How to Be a Winner at Chess, page 63,
Hanover House (Garden City, NY)
- How deeply ingrained capturing is in the mind of a chess master can be seen from this story.
Translations
to take control of
to take control of from opponent in game
to store
- Finnish: tallentaa
- Slovene: ujeti
to reproduce convincingly
- Finnish: vangita
remove or take control of opponent’s piece
- Russian: взятие
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From captura, from captus (singular first-person subjunctive passive pluperfect of capere).Noun
fr-noun fExtensive Definition
Capture can refer to a number of things aside
from its usual dictionary
definitions:
- In abstract strategy games (such as Chess), the process of eliminating or immobilising an opponent's game piece.
- In radio, FM capture is a phenomenon of frequency modulation.
In media:
- Videography,
the process of recording (capturing) video
- Video capture, the process of capturing video on a computer with a frame grabber
- Motion capture, the process of recording motion for a wire frame model for skeletal animation
- Photography, the process of capturing still images with a camera
- Image scanning, the process of capturing still images with an image scanner
- Screen
capture, the process of capturing an image from computer
screens or from part of it
- Web capture, the process of capturing the entire web page into an image.
- Game capture, the process of capturing the screen of a computer game.
- Menu capture, the process of capturing an image from menu, include cascaded(multilevel) menu .
Other uses:
- (Fishing) This term is increasing being used in fishing to describe the "capture" of fish in "capture" fisheries. A capture fishery is a wild fishery and contrasts with a farmed fishery.
- (Medical) the minimal point at which a heart pacing device is able to influence the rate of the heart. Measured in milliamps.
- (Economics and political science) capture is said to occur when bureaucrats or politicians, who are supposed be acting in the public interest, end up acting systematically to favor particular vested interests.
- (Geology) Sometimes the upper courses of rivers can be captured by other rivers eroded through the watershed.
- In oil and gas law, capture is used as an archaic synonym for "extraction," notably in the common law rule of capture.
- (Pop Culture) Capture is also a famous anti-aging skincare products franchise from Parfums Christian Dior, created in 1986 and starring Sharon Stone since 2006
- Capture, a commercial insecticide containing Bifenthrin
- Capture CIS a circuit schematic capture utility, part of the OrCAD tool suite
capture in French: Capture
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abduction, acquire, apprehend, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bag, be seized of, bear the palm,
booty, bust, carry, carry away, carry it, carry
off, carry the day, catch,
catching, collar, collaring, come by, come in
for, come into, come out first, contract, corral, coup, derive, drag down, dragnet, draw, earn, enter into possession, finish
in front, fluke, forcible
seizure, gain, gain the
day, get, grab, grabbing, harvest, haul, hold, kidnapping, lay hold of,
make, make a killing, make
an arrest, nab, nabbing, nail, net, netting, nick, obtain, pick up, picking up,
pinch, power grab,
prehend, prehension, procure, pull down, put under
arrest, reap, run in,
running in, sack, score, secure, seize, seizure, seizure of power,
snatch, snatching, take, take captive, take hold of,
take in, take into custody, take prisoner, take the cake, taking, taking in, taking into
custody, win, win out, win
the battle, win the laurels, win the palm, win the prize, win
through