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cap off

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To finish by making one last addition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To glue a relatively uncomplicated compact manifold to a manifold of the same dimension along (a component of the latter's boundary).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • a. 1997, Rob[ion] Kirby, "Problems in Low-Dimensional Topology", problem 3.21, in, 1997, William H[ilal] Kazez, editor, Geometric Topology, proceedings of the 1993 Georgia International Topology Conference, AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics 2, American Mathematical Society, →ISBN, part 2, page 163, Let X be an acyclic 2-complex and M an abstract regular neighborhood of X; ∂M_0=S2, so cap off to get a homology 3-sphere M3.
  • a. 1997, Michael T. Anderson, "Scalar Curvature and Geometrization Conjectures for 3-Manifolds", in, 1997, Karsten Grove and Peter Petersen, editors, Comparison Geometry, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications 30, →ISBN, page 53, Note, however, that when one cuts a 3-manifold along an incompressible torus, there is no canonical way to cap off the boundary components thus created, as is the case for spheres. For any toral boundary component, there are many ways to glue in a solid torus... .

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3

verb

Meaning 3

finish or complete, as with some decisive action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he capped off the meeting with a radical proposal

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Broader terms: get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up

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