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Capacity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Capacity? [n] the maximum production possible; "the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity" [n] a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary" [n] tolerance for alcohol; "he had drunk beyond his capacity" [n] ability to perform or produce [n] the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior [n] an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored [n] (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes" [n] the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" [n] the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment; "the capability of a metal to be fused" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Capacity: capability \| capacitance \| content \| electrical capacity \| mental ability Related Terms \| Find terms related to Capacity: ability \| ableness \| accommodation \| acumen \| address \| adeptness \| adequacy \| adroitness \| airmanship \| amplitude \| apprehension \| aptitude \| artfulness \| artisanship \| artistry \| bellyful \| bent \| brains \| bravura \| brilliance \| brimful \| brimming \| bulging \| bump \| bumper \| burden \| bursting \| caliber \| capability \| capableness \| capaciousness \| capacitance \| capital \| character \| charge \| chock-full \| chuck-full \| cleverness \| collector junction capacitance \| command \| commodiousness \| competence \| competency \| complement \| comprehension \| conception \| condition \| congested \| consciousness \| content \| control \| coordination \| cordage \| craft \| craftsmanship \| cram \| cram-full \| crammed \| crush \| cunning \| deductive power \| deftness \| devices \| dexterity \| dexterousness \| dextrousness \| dimensions \| diplomacy \| disposable resources \| dower \| dowry \| duty \| efficacy \| efficiency \| emitter junction capacitance \| endowment \| equipment \| esemplastic power \| expansiveness \| expertise \| extensiveness \| facility \| faculties \| faculty \| farad \| farci \| fill \| filled \| finesse \| fitness \| flair \| flush \| footing \| forte \| full \| full house \| full measure \| full to bursting \| function \| funds \| genius \| gift \| grace \| grip \| handiness \| horsemanship \| ideation \| ingeniousness \| ingenuity \| instinct \| integrative power \| intellect \| intellectual gifts \| intellectual grasp \| intellectual power \| intellectualism \| intellectuality \| intellectuals \| intelligence \| intelligence quotient \| IQ \| jam up \| jam-packed \| job \| judgement \| knack \| know-how \| knowledge \| lading \| limit \| load \| long suit \| makings \| marksmanship \| mastership \| mastery \| means \| measure \| mental age \| mental capacity \| mental grasp \| mental ratio \| mentality \| method \| metier \| might \| mother wit \| mouthful \| native wit \| natural endowment \| natural gift \| office \| overfull \| overstuffed \| packed \| packed like sardines \| part \| parts \| perception \| perceptiveness \| perspicacity \| place \| plenary \| position \| post \| potential \| poundage \| power \| power of mind \| powers \| practical ability \| proficiency \| province \| prowess \| qualification \| quality \| quantity \| quickness \| rank \| rationality \| readiness \| ready to burst \| reasoning power \| recourses \| relation \| replete \| resistance capacitance \| resorts \| resource \| resourcefulness \| resources \| responsibility \| role \| room \| roominess \| round \| sanity \| satiated \| saturated \| savoir-faire \| savvy \| scope of mind \| seamanship \| sense \| senses \| situation \| size \| skill \| skillfulness \| skinful \| snootful \| soaked \| space \| spaciousness \| speciality \| sphere \| SRO \| standing \| standing room only \| state \| station \| status \| stock \| stowage \| strong flair \| strong point \| stuffed \| style \| sufficiency \| supply \| surfeited \| susceptibility \| swollen \| tact \| tactfulness \| talent \| talents \| technical brilliance \| technical mastery \| technical skill \| technique \| the goods \| the stuff \| thinking power \| timing \| tonnage \| topful \| twin \| understanding \| virtuosity \| volume \| ways \| ways and means \| what it takes \| wherewith \| wherewithal \| wit \| wits \| wizardry \| workmanship See Also \| ability \| activity \| capability \| capableness \| electrical phenomenon \| formatted capacity \| function \| indefinite quantity \| office \| part \| power \| prescience \| prevision \| production \| role \| susceptibility \| susceptibleness \| tolerance \| unformatted capacity \| vital capacity \| volume Capacity In Webster's Dictionary \Capac"ity\, n.; pl. {Capacities} (-t[i^]z). [L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis; fr. F. capacit['e]. See {Capacious}.] 1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. --Shak. The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. --Boyle. 2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling. Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere passive operations of the mind]; its primary signification, which is literally room for, as well as its employment, favars this; although it can not be dented that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing. The capacity of blessing the people. --Alex. Hamilton. A cause with such capacities endued. --Blackmore. 4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter. 5. (Law) Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency. {Capacity for heat}, the power of absorbing heat. Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference is the measure of, or depends upon, what is called their capacity for heat. See {Specific heat}, under {Heat}. Syn: Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency; cleverness. See {Ability}.

Capacity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Capacity?

[n] the maximum production possible; "the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity"
[n] a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"
[n] tolerance for alcohol; "he had drunk beyond his capacity"
[n] ability to perform or produce
[n] the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
[n] an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
[n] (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes"
[n] the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
[n] the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment; "the capability of a metal to be fused"

Capacity In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*pac"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Capacities} (-t[i^]z). [L.
capacitus, fr. capax, capacis; fr. F. capacit['e]. See
{Capacious}.]
1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or
   space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical
   things.

         Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host,
         we all would sup together.            --Shak.

         The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. --Boyle.

2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.;
   the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty;
   capability of undestanding or feeling.

         Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere
         passive operations of the mind]; its primary
         signification, which is literally room for, as well
         as its employment, favars this; although it can not
         be dented that there are examples of its usage in an
         active sense.                         --Sir W.
                                               Hamilton.

3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the
   possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of
   being or of doing.

         The capacity of blessing the people.  --Alex.
                                               Hamilton.

         A cause with such capacities endued.  --Blackmore.

4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation;
   profession; character; position; as, to work in the
   capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

5. (Law) Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence,
   character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for
   holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will,
   etc.; legal power or right; competency.

{Capacity for heat}, the power of absorbing heat. Substances
   differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a
   given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference
   is the measure of, or depends upon, what is called their
   capacity for heat. See {Specific heat}, under {Heat}.

Syn: Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency;
     cleverness. See {Ability}.

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