capping

Meaning

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.

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Synonyms

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

Translations

coiffage

تغطية بئر النفط؛ سد بئر النفط

captage

Verschluss

Versiegeln

Flaschenverschluss

bedeckend

سدادات

fermeture

redistribution

scellage

bouchage des bouteilles

capsulage

coiffage d’un puits de pétrole

السدّ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkapɪŋ/

Etymology

From cap + -ing.