Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cover used to finish or protect anything; in building, a coping.
- noun In mining, the rock between a vein of ore and the overlying soil.
- noun In geology, the uppermost formation of an area, usually a more resistant stratum than those immediately underlying: sometimes used also to designate the Quaternary covering of drift or alluvium.
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- verb Present participle of
cap . - noun The act of removing one's
hat as a token of respect. - noun geology
rock that overlies amineral deposit - noun the process of
covering aborehole in order toseal anoil well - noun the
selling of asecurity etc close to anexpiry date - noun mathematics the conversion of a
polyhedron into astellated polyhedron by raising apyramid on eachface
Etymologies
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Examples
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Perhaps you should consider that the technical challenges involved in capping a deep-sea oil well are somewhat more daunting than, say, loading up a few dozen helicopters with loads of medical supplies and clean drinking water to airlift them into people stranded by floodwaters.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Now that the Government has Proved as Incompetent 2010
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There is little that the WH could do or should have done in capping the well other than the oversight and, apparently, approval of all efforts on the well.
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But DSL capping is just pure greed I will never support this crap, I may just go back to dial-up and say to h3ll with cable and dsl altogether.
The Case of AT&Tâs Incredible Shrinking Broadband Tiers 2009
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The practical affect of capping is to ration the supply of a specialist's services.
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His numbers rarely are eye-popping, just as they weren't against the Rams (16-for-27, 145 yards, one touchdown), but he was there when his presence counted most in capping a grand tale.
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The youth movement continued for the Bulls as they used six rookies and a pair of second-year players in capping a 0-5 homestand.
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That is one reason why an inversion aloft is sometimes called a capping inversion.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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That is one reason why an inversion aloft is sometimes called a capping inversion.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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"We like it here," Marty Massey , chief executive of Marine Well Containment Co., said Friday as the company unveiled to reporters the device, called a capping stack, that is the heart of the containment system.
Oil Firms to Deploy New Containment Device for Deepwater Spills Angel Gonzalez 2011
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Would I investigate the idea of capping senior executive public sector pay at 20 times the lowest-paid person in any public body, but also examine to what extent such a multiple could become a wider social norm?
When our leaders actually earn their money, fairness will follow | Will Hutton 2011
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