capping — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.

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   I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men soever, but I give them as good and as many as they bring, except he be some servant of mine.

2. the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.

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3. The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.

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4. The act of painting over someone else's piece or tag.

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5. The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.

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6. The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.

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7. Lying or exaggerating.

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8. The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.

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9. 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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