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ca·pac·i·ty

Audio Help [kuh-pas-i-tee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ties, adjective

–noun

1.	the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity.

2.	the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained; cubic contents; volume: The inn is filled to capacity. The gasoline tank has a capacity of 20 gallons.

3.	power of receiving impressions, knowledge, etc.; mental ability: the capacity to learn calculus.

4.	actual or potential ability to perform, yield, or withstand: He has a capacity for hard work. The capacity of the oil well was 150 barrels a day. She has the capacity to go two days without sleep.

5.	quality or state of being susceptible to a given treatment or action: Steel has a high capacity to withstand pressure.

6.	position; function; role: He served in the capacity of legal adviser.

7.	legal qualification.

Electricity.

a.	capacitance.

b.	maximum possible output.

–adjective

9.	reaching maximum capacity: a capacity audience; a capacity crowd.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME capacite < MF < L capācitāt- (s. of capācitās), equiv. to capāci-, s. of capāx roomy (cap(ere) to hold + -āci- adj. suffix) + -tāt- -ty²

]

—Synonyms 2. dimensions, amplitude. 3. endowment, talent, gifts. 4. aptitude, adequacy, competence, capability.

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ca·pac·i·ty Audio Help (kə-pās'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ca·pac·i·ties

1. The ability to receive, hold, or absorb.
2. Abbr. c. A measure of this ability; volume.
3. Ability to perform or produce; capability.
4. The maximum or optimum amount that can be produced: factories operating below capacity.
The maximum amount that can be contained: a trunk filled to capacity.
1. Ability to perform or produce; capability.
2. The maximum or optimum amount that can be produced: factories operating below capacity.
The power to learn or retain knowledge; mental ability.
Innate potential for growth, development, or accomplishment; faculty. See Synonyms at ability.
The quality of being suitable for or receptive to specified treatment: the capacity of elastic to be stretched.
The position in which one functions; role: in your capacity as sales manager.
Legal qualification or authority: the capacity to make an arrest.
Electricity Capacitance.

adj. Filling a space with the most it can hold: a capacity crowd at the concert.

[Middle English capacite, from Old French, from Latin capācitās, from capāx, capāc-, spacious; see capacious.]

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