cap A cap is a flat headgear, usually with a visor. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head. They made their first appearance as early as 3200 BC. The origin of the word "cap" comes from the Old French word "chapeau" which means "head co ...

is a form of headgear. Cap may refer to:

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, Ma ...

'' * ''

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 us ...

, a barrier method of contraception *

Crown (dentistry) In dentistry, a crown or a dental cap is a type of dental restoration that completely caps or encircles a Human tooth, tooth or dental implant. A crown may be needed when a large dental cavity threatens the health of a tooth. Some dentists will ...

, a type of dental restoration

People

* Cap (nickname), a list of people *

Čáp Čáp is a Czech surname literally meaning "stork". Notable people with the surname include: *František Čáp (1913–1972), also known as Franz Cap, Czech film director and screenwriter * Tomáš Čáp (born 1978), Czech footballer * Vladimír � ...

, 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 U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Carden was born on a farm near Munfordville, Kentucky on December 17, 1866, a son of William P. Carden and Frances M. (King) Carden. Carden attended ...

(1866–1935), American politician

Places

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

El Capitan El Capitan (; ) 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, granite monolith is about from base to summit alo ...

, or "El Cap", a rock formation in Yosemite National Park * Nga Ying Chau or Cap Island, a former island in Hong Kong

Science and technology

Cap set In affine geometry, a cap set is a subset of the affine space \mathbb_3^n (the n-dimensional affine space over the three-element field) where no three elements sum to the zero vector. The cap set problem is the problem of finding the size of the ...

and cap, in affine geometry *

CAP theorem In database theory, the CAP theorem, also named Brewer's theorem after computer scientist Eric Brewer (scientist), Eric Brewer, states that any distributed data store can provide at most Inconsistent triad, two of the following three guarantees: ; ...

, related to properties of distributed data stores *

Capricornus Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for "horned goat" or "goat Horn (anatomy), horn" or "having horns like a goat's", and it is commonly represented in the form of a sea goat: a mythical creature that is hal ...

, an astronomical constellation, whose stars are abbreviated β Cap, δ Cap, etc. *

Five-prime cap In molecular biology, the five-prime cap (5′ cap) is a specially altered nucleotide on the 5′ end of some primary transcripts such as precursor messenger RNA. This process, known as mRNA capping, is highly regulated and vital in the creation ...

, a special nucleotide added to the 5′ end of some eukaryotic mRNA molecules *

Pileus (mycology) In mycology (the branch of biology that includes the study of mushrooms and other fungi), the pileus is the cap or cap-like part of a basidiocarp or ascocarp ( fungal fruiting body) that supports a spore-bearing surface, the hymenium.Moore-Land ...

, the cap of a mushroom or related fungi * Cap, a

piping and plumbing fitting A fitting or adapter is used in pipe systems to connect sections of pipe (fluid conveyance), pipe (designated by Nominal Pipe Size, nominal size, with greater Engineering tolerance, tolerances of variance) or tube (fluid conveyance), tube (de ...

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

Capacitor In electrical engineering, a capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that are insulated from each other. The capacitor was originally known as the condenser, a term st ...

, an electronic device, sometimes referred to by the abbreviated name "cap"

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 e ...

, a term for an athlete's appearance at international level *

Salary cap In professional sports, a salary cap (or wage cap) is an agreement or rule that places a limit on the amount of money that a team can spend on players' salaries. It exists as a per-player limit or a total limit for the team's roster, or both. Seve ...

, an agreement limiting money spent on players' salaries *

Québec Capitales The Québec Capitales ( French: Capitales de Québec and often referred to as the Caps) are a professional baseball team based in Quebec City. The Capitales compete in the Frontier League (FL) as a member of the North Division in the Atlantic Confe ...

, a Canadian professional baseball team based in Quebec City, nicknamed "The Caps" * Harrisburg Caps (Capitols), an Eastern Professional Basketball League team from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Other uses

Cap (crown) The cap of a crown is the cap which fills the inner space of a modern crown. While ancient crowns contained no cap, from mediaeval times it became traditional to fill the circlet with a cap of velvet Velvet is a type of woven fabric with ...

, the cap which fills the inner space of modern crowns * Cap, a winemaking term * Cap, or

Camper shell A camper shell (also canopy, and sometimes truck topper, pap cap, truck cap, bed cap, box cap, or simply shell) is a small housing or rigid canopy used as a pickup truck or coupe utility accessory. The housing is usually made of fiberglass or ...

, a covering for the rear bed of a pickup truck *

Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...

, a title, rank or, position, sometimes abbreviated as "Cap" or "Cap." *

Cap Radio (Morocco) Cap Radio is a private Moroccan radio station based in Tangier.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 t ...

, ISO 639-3 language code 'cap' *

Combat air patrol Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft. A combat air patrol is an aircraft patrol provided over an objective area, over the force protected, over the critical area of a combat zone, or over an air defense area, ...

, a type of flying mission for

military aircraft A military aircraft is any Fixed-wing aircraft, fixed-wing or rotorcraft, rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary military of any type. Some military aircraft engage directly in aerial warfare, while others take on su ...

Closure (container) A closure is a device used to close or seal a container such as a bottle, Jug (container), jug, jar, Tube (container), tube, or can (disambiguation)#Container, can. A closure may be a cap, cover, Lid (container), lid, plug, liner, or the like. ...

, often referred to as a cap *

Percussion cap The percussion cap, percussion primer, or caplock, introduced in the early 1820s, is a type of single-use percussion ignition device for muzzle loader firearm locks enabling them to fire reliably in any weather condition. Its invention gave ...

, ignition device