Attempting to win popular favour, or to take in the public.

(obsolete) Power or command over a district; chieftainship.

plural of captainry

plural of captain general

plural of post-captain

(obsolete, UK, US) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted", in the seniority list of the navy.

(physics) A form of nuclear reaction in which one or more neutrons are absorbed by an atomic nucleus

(physics) A nuclear reaction in which a proton is absorbed by a nucleus

(physics) A nuclear reaction in which an electron (either free, or from the shell of the atom itself) is absorbed into a nucleus, a proton being converted into a neutron in the process

plural of captainess