capping

  1. Verb.  (present participle of, cap) .
  2. Noun.  (geology) rock that overlies a mineral deposit.
  3. Noun.  the process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well.
  4. Noun.  the selling of a security etc close to an expiry date.
  5. Noun.  (mathematics) the conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face.

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