Lexic.us

Definition of Capacity

1. Noun. Capability to perform or produce. "A great capacity for growth"

2. Noun. The susceptibility of something to a particular treatment. "The capability of a metal to be fused"

3. Noun. The amount that can be contained. "The gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"

4. Noun. The maximum production possible. "The plant is working at 80 per cent capacity"

5. Noun. A specified function. "He should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"

6. Noun. (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"

7. Noun. An electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored.

8. Noun. The power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior.

9. Noun. Tolerance for alcohol. "He had drunk beyond his capacity"

Definition of Capacity

1. n. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Definition of Capacity

1. Noun. The ability to hold, receive or absorb ¹

2. Noun. A measure of such ability; volume ¹

3. Noun. The maximum amount that can be held ¹

4. Noun. Capability; the ability to perform some task ¹

5. Noun. The maximum that can be produced. ¹

6. Noun. Mental ability; the power to learn ¹

7. Noun. A faculty; the potential for growth and development ¹

8. Noun. A role; the position in which one functions ¹

9. Noun. Legal authority (to make an arrest for example) ¹

10. Noun. Electrical capacitance. ¹

11. Noun. (context: operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group. ¹

12. Adjective. Filling the allotted space. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Capacity

1. the ability to receive or contain [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Capacity

1. Power or ability to hold, retain or contain or the ability to absorb. Origin: L. Capacitas, from capere = to take This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Capacity

capacitary capacitated capacitates capacitating capacitations capacitative capacities capacitive capacitively capacitor

capacitor microphone capacitor plague capacitors capacity (current term) capacity factor capacity measure capacity unit capacity utilization capacity utilization rate capacocha

capacochas capactins caparison caparisoned caparisoning caparisons caparro caparros

Literary usage of Capacity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"There are no transparent media for which the magnetic capacity differs from that of air more than by a very small fraction. Hence the principal part of the ..."

2. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1878)
"He further finds that the product of the electrostatic capacity and the magnetic permeability of a transparent substance is equal to the square of the ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1881)
"These experiments have for object the determination of the refractive indices and the specific inductive capacity of certain liquids, and a comparison of ..."

4. OECD Economic Surveys by OECD Staff (2004)
"Finally, the law stipulates that no legal entity, or group of related entities, may own in excess of 35 per cent of the total installed generation capacity ..."

5. Principles of Contract: Being a Treatise on the General Principles by Frederick Pollock, Franklin Strawn Dickson (1888)
"capacity OF PARTIES. ALL statements about legal capacities and duties are taken, unless the contrary be expressed, to be marie •with reference to " lawful ..."

6. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1900)
"CARL HERING :—1 would like to ask Dr. Pu pin whether the result obtained by such a measurement of a capacity would he likely to be different from that ..."

7. Experimental Electrical Engineering and Manual for Electrical Testing for by Vladimir Karapetoff (1911)
"ELECTROSTATIC capacity. 426. Physical Conception of Electrostatic capacity. — Let two metallic plates C (Fig. 329) be brought into proximity to each other ..."

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