"time capsule" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: time capsules [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} time capsule (plural time capsules)
  1. A sealed container, buried at a specific location, that contains records of contemporary life, to be rediscovered in the distant future. Translations (sealed container): كپسول زمان (Arabic), zaman kapsulu (Azerbaijani), капсула на времето (kapsula na vremeto) (Bulgarian), càpsula del temps [feminine] (Catalan), 時間囊 (Chinese Cantonese), 时间囊 (si⁴ gaan³ nong⁴, si⁴ gaan¹ nong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 時間囊 (Chinese Mandarin), 时间囊 (shíjiānnáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 時間膠囊 (Chinese Mandarin), 时间胶囊 (shíjiān jiāonáng) (Chinese Mandarin), časová schránka (Czech), časová kapsle (Czech), tidskapsel (Danish), tijdcapsule (Dutch), tempa kapsulo (Esperanto), ajakapsel (Estonian), aikakapseli (Finnish), capsule temporelle [feminine] (French), Zeitkapsel [feminine] (German), קפסולת זמן (Hebrew), időkapszula (Hungarian), kapsul waktu (Indonesian), capsula del tempo [feminine] (Italian), タイムカプセル (taimukapuseru) (Japanese), 타임캡슐 (taimkaepsyul) (Korean), kapsul masa (Malay), tidskapsel (Norwegian), کپسول زمان (Persian), kapsuła czasu [feminine] (Polish), cápsula do tempo [feminine] (Portuguese), ка́псула вре́мени (kápsula vrémeni) [feminine] (Russian), cápsula del tiempo [feminine] (Spanish), caja del tiempo [feminine] (Spanish), tidskapsel (Swedish), แคปซูลกาลเวลา (Thai), zaman kapsülü (Turkish), часова капсула (časova kapsula) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-time_capsule-en-noun-b0rAubXt Disambiguation of 'sealed container': 94 6
  2. (figuratively) Something reflecting a historical setting by its nature, existing out of time due to isolation or some specific external influence. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Time Related terms: memory box Translations (something reflecting an historical setting): aikakapseli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-time_capsule-en-noun-DnYWouDu Disambiguation of Time: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'something reflecting an historical setting': 4 96

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