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capsule

In botany, a dry fruit that opens when ripe. It splits from top to bottom into separate segments known as valves, as in the iris, or forms pores at the top (e.g., poppy), or splits around the circumference, with the top falling off (e.g., pigweed and plantain). The spore-forming organ (see sporophyte) of liverworts and mosses is also called a capsule.


capsule
1. a soluble case of gelatine enclosing a dose of medicine
2. a thin metal cap, seal, or cover, such as the foil covering the cork of a wine bottle
3. Botany
a. a dry fruit that liberates its seeds by splitting, as in the violet, or through pores, as in the poppy
b. the spore-producing organ of mosses and liverworts
4. Anatomy
a. a cartilaginous, fibrous, or membranous envelope surrounding any of certain organs or parts
b. a broad band of white fibres (internal capsule) near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
5. an aeroplane cockpit that can be ejected in a flight emergency, complete with crew, instruments, etc.


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Left, fairgoers are ``ejected'' on the midway's Ejection Seat ride.
Sitting on an ejection seat for more than two hours, while trying to work the myriad switches and read the dials, is often a test of pure physical endurance, and it is only recently that cockpit design and aircrew comfort have achieved the importance they now enjoy.
FAST is Teledyne's 4th generation electronic sequencer was designed to increase performance and offer integrated expandability and is a natural evolution of the existing 3rd generation Navy Aircrew Common Ejection Seat (NACES) electronic sequencers also designed by Teledyne that are currently fielded on the US Navy's F14D, F/A18 C/D/E/F, T-45A/C aircraft.
 
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