Capping may refer to:
* the creation of
five-prime (5') caps in a cell nucleus
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Capping enzyme
A capping enzyme (CE) is an enzyme that catalyzes the attachment of the 5' cap to messenger RNA molecules that are in the process of being synthesized in the cell nucleus during the first stages of gene expression. The addition of the cap occur ...
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Capping
Capping may refer to:
* the creation of five-prime (5') caps in a cell nucleus
** Capping enzyme
* Capping in sport, making an appearance in a game at international level
* Ambulance chasing, the practice of lawyers seeking clients at a disast ...
in sport, making an appearance in a game at international level
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Ambulance chasing
Ambulance chasing, also known as capping, is a term which refers to a lawyer soliciting for clients at a disaster site. The term "ambulance chasing" comes from the stereotype of lawyers who follow ambulances to the emergency room to find clients. ...
, the practice of lawyers seeking clients at a disaster site
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Capping phrase
, or of a ''kōan'' is a proof of solution of the case riddle, but not the solution itself. In Zen Buddhism, kōan is used both as a meditation device and as an expression of – a radical experiential insight into the nature of things and t ...
(''jakugo''), a response to a Zen kōan
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Capping stunt
A capping stunt or capping is a New Zealand university tradition of student pranks wherein students perpetrate hoaxes or practical jokes upon an unsuspecting population. They traditionally take place in May during graduation.
Capping stunts have ...
, a New Zealand university student prank
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Capping week
Capping Week is a term used in New Zealand for the week of graduation from university. This is when graduands of the university are presented with their degrees and ''capped''. Capping week may coincide with a period of practical jokes
A pract ...
, New Zealand universities' graduation week
* Frequency capping in advertising
* Session capping in advertising
* Window capping in building construction
* In situ capping of subaqueous waste in environmental remediation
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Capitalization
Capitalization (American English) or capitalisation (British English) is writing a word with its first letter as a capital letter (uppercase letter) and the remaining letters in lower case, in writing systems with a case distinction. The term ...
in writing
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Slang
Slang is vocabulary (words, phrases, and usage (language), linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in spoken conversation but avoided in formal writing. It also sometimes refers to the language generally exclusive to the members of p ...
Lying, saying something that is not true. Part of
AAVE
African-American Vernacular English (AAVE, ), also referred to as Black (Vernacular) English, Black English Vernacular, or occasionally Ebonics (a colloquial, controversial term), is the variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urba ...
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