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capacity

/ capacity /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a specified function
"he was employed in the capacity of director"
"he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"
Type of:
function office part
noun Sense 2
the maximum production possible
"the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity"
Type of:
production
noun Sense 3
tolerance for alcohol
"he had drunk beyond his capacity"
Type of:
tolerance
noun Sense 4
ability to perform or produce
Opposites:
incapacity
Type of:
capability capableness
Derived:
capacitate
noun Sense 5
the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
Opposites:
incapacity
Type of:
ability power
Kinds of:
prescience prevision
noun Sense 6
(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"
Type of:
indefinite quantity
Kinds of:
formatted capacity unformatted capacity
Domain:
computer science computing
noun Sense 7
the amount that can be contained
"the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
Type of:
volume
Kinds of:
vital capacity
Derived:
hold bear carry contain
noun Sense 8
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
"the capability of a metal to be fused"
Type of:
susceptibility susceptibleness
Kinds of:
activity
noun Sense 9
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
Type of:
electrical phenomenon
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
27
Times Searched
2
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function office part production tolerance capability capableness incapacity ability power prescience prevision