capacity

capacity

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English

Etymology

From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from capāx (able to hold much), from capiō (to hold, to contain, to take, to understand).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈpæsɪti/

Noun

capacity (countable and uncountable, plural capacities)

  1. The ability to hold, receive, or absorb
  2. A measure of such ability; volume
  3. The maximum amount that can be held
  4. Capability; the ability to perform some task
  5. The maximum that can be produced.
  6. Mental ability; the power to learn
  7. A faculty; the potential for growth and development
  8. A role; the position in which one functions
  9. Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
  10. Electrical capacitance.
  11. (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.

Synonyms

  • throughput
  • See also Thesaurus:skill

Derived terms

Related terms

  • capac
  • capacious
  • capacitance
  • capacitate
  • capacitive
  • capacitation
  • capacitor

Translations

Adjective

capacity (not comparable)

  1. Filling the allotted space.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • capacious

References

  • “capacity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Further reading

  • “capacity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “capacity”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  • “capacity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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