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Does "caps a three-day summit" mean "is the top priority of a 3-day summit meeting"?

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Reply Thu 3 Dec, 2015 08:22 pm
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All Gene-Editing Research Should Proceed Cautiously, Scientists Conclude
The official statement, which says work altering human germ lines should remain only in the lab, caps a three-day summit on using technology to alter the human genome

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/all-gene-editing-research-should-proceed-cautiously-scientists-conclude1/
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Reply Thu 3 Dec, 2015 08:30 pm
@oristarA,
In this context it basically means "ends" or "summarizes," Oris. "Cap" is sometimes kinda used as short for "recapitulate." The phrase "to cap it off," generally refers to the last event in a sequence, often one which which kinda "tops" them all, but I don't think that's quite how it's intended here.
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Reply Thu 3 Dec, 2015 09:17 pm
@layman,
Cool.
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