A cap is a form of headgear. Cap may refer to:

Aerial warfare

* CAP, Combat air patrol is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft.

Arts and entertainment

* Cap, a character in the comic strip ''

Cap Stubbs and Tippie ''Cap Stubbs and Tippie'' is a syndicated newspaper comic strip created by the cartoonist Edwina Dumm that ran for 48 years, from August 21, 1918, to September 3, 1966.Goulart, Ron. ''The Funnies:100 years of American comic strips''. Holbrook, Mas ...

'' * ''

The Cap ''The Cap'' is a 1985 Canadian short film directed and written by Robert A. Duncan. The film is based on a short story by Morley Callaghan. The film was produced by Michael MacMillan, Seaton McLean, Janice Platt Andy Thomson. The production agenc ...

'', a 1984 Canadian short film * "Cap" (song), a song by KSI featuring Offset from the 2020 album ''Dissimulation''

Health and medicine

Cervical cap The cervical cap is a form of barrier contraception. A cervical cap fits over the cervix and blocks sperm from entering the uterus through the external orifice of the uterus, called the ''os''. Terminology The term ''cervical cap'' has been ...

, a barrier method of contraception * Crown (dentistry), a type of dental restoration

People

* Cap (nickname), a list of people * Čáp, a list of people with the Czech surname *

Vladislao Cap Vladislao Wenceslao Cap (5 July 1934 – 14 September 1982) was an Argentine football player and manager. As a player he represented his native country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile as a defender. Twelve years later he was the manager of ...

(1934–1982), Argentine footballer *

Cap R. Carden Cap Robert Carden (December 17, 1866 – June 13, 1935) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born on a farm near Munfordville, Kentucky, Carden attended the rural schools and Bowling Green (Kentucky) ...

(1866–1935), American politician

Places

* Cap Point, Saint Lucia * Cap River, New Caledonia *

El Capitan El Capitan ( es, El Capitán; "the Captain" or "the Chief") is a vertical Rock formations in the United States, rock formation in Yosemite National Park, on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The El Capitan Granite, granit ...

, or "El Cap", a rock formation in Yosemite National Park *

Nga Ying Chau Nga Ying Chau, or Cap Island, was an island off the northeast shore of Tsing Yi Island of Hong Kong, separated by a small harbour, Mun Tsai Tong, with Tsuen Wan at its northeast, just across the Rambler Channel. When the small harbour was reclai ...

or Cap Island, a former island in Hong Kong

Science and technology

Cap set In affine geometry, a cap set is a subset of \mathbb_3^n (an n-dimensional affine space over a three-element field) with no three elements in a line. The cap set problem is the problem of finding the size of the largest possible cap set, as a func ...

, in affine geometry *

CAP theorem In theoretical computer science, the CAP theorem, also named Brewer's theorem after computer scientist Eric Brewer, states that any distributed data store can provide only two of the following three guarantees:Seth Gilbert and Nancy Lynch"Brewer' ...

, related to properties of distributed data stores * Capricornus, an astronomical constellation, whose stars are abbreviated β Cap, δ Cap, etc. * Five-prime cap, a special nucleotide added to the 5′ end of some eukaryotic mRNA molecules *

Pileus (mycology) The pileus is the technical name for the cap, or cap-like part, of a basidiocarp or ascocarp (fungal fruiting body) that supports a spore-bearing surface, the hymenium.Moore-Landecker, E: "Fundamentals of the Fungi", page 560. Prentice Hall, 1972 ...

, the cap of a mushroom or related fungi * Cap, a piping and plumbing fitting *

Armor-piercing cap Armour-piercing, capped, ballistic capped (APCBC) is a type of configuration for armour-piercing ammunition introduced in the 1930s to improve the armour-piercing capabilities of both naval and anti-tank guns. The configuration consists of an ar ...

(often known simply as a 'cap'), a metal cover on an armor-piercing projectile meant to protect the penetrator and improve armor-penetrating capabilities.

Sports

Cap (sport) In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the ea ...

, a term for an athlete's appearance at international level * Salary cap, an agreement limiting money spent on players' salaries

Other uses

* Cap (crown), the cap which fills the inner space of modern crowns * Cap, a

winemaking term This glossary of winemaking terms lists some of terms and definitions involved in making wine, fruit wine, and mead. A ;Acetaldehyde : The main aldehyde found in wines, most notably Sherry. ;Acetic acid : One of the primary volatile acids in w ...

* Cap, or Camper shell, a covering for the rear bed of a pickup truck * Cap Radio (Morocco), a Moroccan radio station *

Chipaya language Chipaya (endolinguonym ''Chipay taqu'') is a native South American language of the Uru–Chipaya language family. The only other language in the grouping, Uru, is considered by some to be a divergent dialect of Chipaya. Ethnologue lists the lang ...

, ISO 639-3 language code cap * Closure (container), often referred to as a cap