capping

(Engels)

Verb

present participle and gerund of cap

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
2. (countable, uncountable) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.
3. (countable, uncountable) The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
4. (countable, uncountable) The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.
5. (countable, uncountable) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.
6. (countable, slang, uncountable) Lying or exaggerating.
7. (Internet, countable, uncountable) The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.
8. (Internet, countable, uncountable) The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.

cap

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• Verb
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/ˈkapɪŋ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From cap + -ing.

Synoniemen

cover

closures

compass plane

corking

facing

head

interception

lid

mulch

overburden

piping

plugging

sealing

stopper

stopping

tectum

iron hat

captation

bottle capping

oil-well capping

circular plane

cap-making

capper’s trade

gossan

overburden layer

overlying stratum

plugging agent

iron gossan

iron cap

gozzan

closing

putting into pipes