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A sealed container, buried at a specific location, that contains records of contemporary life, to be rediscovered in the distant future.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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An object, place, or collection that encapsulates and preserves the characteristics, culture or essence of a particular time period, usually due to isolation or some specific external influence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: container
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Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
كپسول زمان
— sealed container
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Azerbaijani:
zaman kapsulu
— sealed container
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Bulgarian:
капсула на времето
(kapsula na vremeto)
— sealed container
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Catalan:
càpsula del temps
— sealed container
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Chinese Cantonese:
時間囊 /时间囊
(si4 gaan3 nong4, si4 gaan1 nong4)
— sealed container
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Chinese Mandarin:
時間囊 /时间囊
(shíjiānnáng)
— sealed container
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Chinese Mandarin:
時間膠囊 /时间胶囊
(shíjiān jiāonáng)
— sealed container
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Czech:
časová schránka
— sealed container
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Czech:
časová kapsle
— sealed container
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Danish:
tidskapsel
— sealed container
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Dutch:
tijdcapsule
— sealed container
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Esperanto:
tempa kapsulo
— sealed container
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Estonian:
ajakapsel
— sealed container
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Finnish:
aikakapseli
— sealed container
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French:
capsule temporelle
— sealed container
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German:
Zeitkapsel
— sealed container
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Hebrew:
קפסולת זמן
— sealed container
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Hungarian:
időkapszula
— sealed container
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Indonesian:
kapsul waktu
— sealed container
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Italian:
capsula del tempo
— sealed container
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Japanese:
タイムカプセル
(taimu kapuseru)
— sealed container
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Korean:
타임캡슐
(taimkaepsyul)
— sealed container
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Malay:
kapsul masa
— sealed container
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Norwegian:
tidskapsel
— sealed container
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Persian:
کپسول زمان
— sealed container
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Polish:
kapsuła czasu
— sealed container
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Portuguese:
cápsula do tempo
— sealed container
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Russian:
ка́псула вре́мени
(kápsula vrémeni)
— sealed container
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Russian:
временная капсула
(vremennaja kapsula)
— sealed container
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Spanish:
cápsula del tiempo
— sealed container
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Spanish:
caja del tiempo
— sealed container
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Spanish:
cápsula temporal
— sealed container
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Swedish:
tidskapsel
— sealed container
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Thai:
แคปซูลกาลเวลา
— sealed container
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Turkish:
zaman kapsülü
— sealed container
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Ukrainian:
часова капсула
(časova kapsula)
— sealed container
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Chinese Mandarin:
時代縮影 /时代缩影
(shídài suōyǐng)
— something reflecting an historical setting
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Chinese Mandarin:
歷史遺存 /历史遗存
(lìshǐ yícún)
— something reflecting an historical setting
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Finnish:
aikakapseli
— something reflecting an historical setting