Толковый словарь английского языка - capture
Capture
capture
I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin captura, from captus Date: circa 1542 an act or instance of capturing: as, an act of catching, winning, or gaining control by force, stratagem, or guile, a move in a board game (as chess or checkers) that gains an opponent's piece, the absorption by an atom, nucleus, or particle of a subatomic particle that often results in subsequent emission of radiation or in fission, the act of recording in a permanent file , one that has been taken (as a prize ship), II. transitive verb (~d; capturing) Date: 1574 1. to take captive, to gain or win especially through effort , 2. to emphasize, represent, or preserve (as a scene, mood, or quality) in a more or less permanent form , to record in a permanent file (as in a computer), to captivate and hold the interest of, to take according to the rules of a game, to bring about the ~ of (a subatomic particle), see: catch
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a take prisoner; seize as a prize. b obtain by force or trickery. 2 portray in permanent form (could not capture the likeness). 3 Physics absorb (a subatomic particle). 4 (in board games) make a move that secures the removal of (an opposing piece) from the board. 5 (of a stream) divert the upper course of (another stream) by encroaching on its basin. 6 cause (data) to be stored in a computer. --n. 1 the act of capturing. 2 a thing or person captured. Derivatives capturer n. Etymology: F f. L captura f. capere capt- take ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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