Capture

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Capture may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • "Capture" a song by Simon Townshend
  • Capture (band), an Australian electronicore band previously known as Capture the Crown
  • Capture (TV series), a reality show
  • The Capture (TV series), UK drama series

Science

  • Gravitational capture, where an astronomical object enters into a stable orbit around another body
    • Asteroid capture, when an asteroid is gravitationally captured
  • Electron capture, a nuclear reaction
  • Stream capture, a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river is diverted from its own bed
  • Neutron capture, a nuclear reaction

Technology

  • Capture effect, a phenomenon in which only the stronger of two signals near the same FM frequency will be demodulated
  • Motion capture, the process of recording movement and translating that movement onto a digital model
  • Schematic capture, a step in electronic design automation at which the electronic schematic is created by a designer
    • Capture CIS, a software tool used for circuit schematic capture
  • Screen capture (disambiguation), an image taken by the computer to record the visible items
  • Video capture, the process of converting an analog video signal to digital form

Other

  • Capture (chess), to remove the opponent's piece from the board by taking it with one's own piece
  • Capture fishery, a wild fishery in which the aquatic life is not controlled and needs to be captured or fished
  • Regulatory capture, situations in which a government agency created to act in the public interest instead acts in favor of other interests
  • Renault Captur, automobile model
  • Rule of capture, common law that determines ownership of captured natural resources including groundwater, oil, gas and game animals
  • State capture, a type of systemic political corruption in which private interests significantly influence a state's decision-making processes to their own advantage

See also

  • The Capture (disambiguation)
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