capping

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.

2. (countable, uncountable)The leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit.

3. (countable, uncountable)The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.

4. (countable, slang, uncountable)The act of painting over someone else's piece or tag.

5. (countable, uncountable)The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date.

6. (countable, uncountable)The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.

7. (countable, slang, uncountable)Lying or exaggerating.

8. (Internet, countable, uncountable)The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer.

9. (Internet, countable, uncountable)The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY.

1. The information was the capping climax.

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2. Five years ago, the group said the industry was committed to capping carbon emissions.

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3. Stop capping. You don't even have a thousand subscribers yet.

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4. Capping the contributions a non-native speaker can make in a given language is an insult to their intelligence.

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