Capture

Capture may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * "Capture" a song by Simon Townshend
 * Capture (band), an Australian electronicore band previously known as Capture the Crown
 * Capture (TV series), a reality show
 * The Capture (TV series), UK drama series

Science

 * Gravitational capture, where an astronomical object enters into a stable orbit around another body
 * Asteroid capture, when an asteroid is gravitationally captured
 * Electron capture, a nuclear reaction
 * Stream capture, a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river is diverted from its own bed
 * Neutron capture, a nuclear reaction

Technology

 * Capture effect, a phenomenon in which only the stronger of two signals near the same FM frequency will be demodulated
 * Motion capture, the process of recording movement and translating that movement onto a digital model
 * Schematic capture, a step in electronic design automation at which the electronic schematic is created by a designer
 * Capture CIS, a software tool used for circuit schematic capture
 * Screen capture (disambiguation), an image taken by the computer to record the visible items
 * Video capture, the process of converting an analog video signal to digital form

Other

 * Capture (chess), to remove the opponent's piece from the board by taking it with one's own piece
 * Capture fishery, a wild fishery in which the aquatic life is not controlled and needs to be captured or fished
 * Regulatory capture, situations in which a government agency created to act in the public interest instead acts in favor of other interests
 * Renault Captur, automobile model
 * Rule of capture, common law that determines ownership of captured natural resources including groundwater, oil, gas and game animals
 * State capture, a type of systemic political corruption in which private interests significantly influence a state's decision-making processes to their own advantage