What is the meaning of capsule?

noun

• 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.
  • synonyms: condensation, abridgement, abridgment
• A structure that encloses a body part.
• A spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space.
  • synonyms: space capsule
• A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute.
  • synonyms: ejection seat, ejector seat

verb

• Enclose in a capsule.
  • synonyms: capsulate, capsulize, capsulise
• Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume.
  • usage: "capsulize the news"
  • synonyms: encapsulate, capsulize, capsulise