capturecommon nounSyllable DecompositioncaptureEtymologyexpandfrom Latin captura.Definitions1. The act of capturing or the result of this action.expandLa capture des baleinoptères par des procédés modernes a remplacé la tuerie périodique des bandes de marsouins rabattus par les embarcations au fond des baies.La capture d'un navire.2. The process by which a watercourse changes from being a tributary of one river to another due to a geomorphological event.in particulargéologieexpand3. The process by which a celestial body passing near a star is retained within the latter's gravitational sphere.in particularastronautiqueexpand4. A phenomenon in which a particle is captured by an atomic nucleus.physiquenucléaireexpandPluralcapturesTranslationsenglish:captureSee alsocapturer (v.)
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