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hypercaptation

hypercaptation noun: excessive captation.

Noun

hypercaptation (countable and uncountable, plural hypercaptations)

  1. Excessive captation

Antonyms of hypercaptation

Forms of hypercaptation

pluralhypercaptations

Origin of hypercaptation

From hyper- + captation.

Questions about hypercaptation

What does hypercaptation mean?
Hypercaptation means excessive captation.
What part of speech is hypercaptation?
Hypercaptation is a noun.
What is the plural of hypercaptation?
The plural of hypercaptation is hypercaptations.

Words near hypercaptation in the dictionary

  1. hypercapnia
  2. hypercapnias
  3. hypercapnic
  4. hypercapnically
  5. hypercapsulation
  6. hypercaptation
  7. hypercaptations
  8. hypercar
  9. hypercarbia
  10. hypercarbic
  11. hypercarbonylation

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