12 example sentences using capsule.
Capsule used in a sentence
Capsule in a sentence as a noun
If you and your capsule weigh 2,000 lbs, That's $60,000 for a one way ticket.
The cylinder gets hot, emits x-rays, which are absorbed by the capsule.
A rocket has problems that a capsule does not, though, namely that you need to keep it from tipping over once it lands!
The Soviets use retro-rockets fired at the last moment to recover their capsules on land.
"A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which would power the Dragon V2 capsule, exploded during an Aug. 22 test flight.
However, unlike the Dragon the Cygnus isn't designed around a manned capsule system and it burns up on reentry.
Capsule in a sentence as a verb
You use a laser to spherically compress a 1 mm diameter spherical capsule.
You can make a capsule fat, but a rocket really needs to be tall and thin, and any sort of horizontal velocity will have it falling on its side.
Sort of the 'go kart' versus an actual car. I'm sure a lot of that is just the resonance that Orion has with the Apollo capsule from the 60's and the modern look of Dragon 2 but the difference between propulsive landing vs parachutes is huge.
That's why completely automated vending machine-style systems, such as those used by capsule hotels and many love hotels, are feasible in Japan.
They've already used operational cargo delivery missions to flight-proof a substantial portion of the manned capsule hardware they've been working on.
Until this recent PR push, I hadn't found one of them who'd even heard of SpaceX, to say nothing of their groundbreaking and historical flight and recovery of a capsule with private funds.
Capsule definitions
a small container
a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
a shortened version of a written work
See also: condensation abridgement abridgment
a structure that encloses a body part
a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"
See also: encapsulate capsulize capsulise