capacity

  • 21capacity — /keuh pas i tee/, n., pl. capacities, adj. n. 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… …

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  • 22Capacity —   The load that a power generation unit or other electrical apparatus or heating unit is rated by the manufacture to be able to meet or supply.   The maximum load a generating unit, generating station, or other electrical apparatus is rated to… …

    Energy terms

  • 23capacity — I. noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English capacite, from Middle French capacité, from Latin capacitat , capacitas, from capac , capax Date: 15th century 1. legal competency or fitness < capacity to stand trial > 2. a. the potential or&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24capacity — system capacity The highest sustainable output from an operating system in units per given time. A system s overall capacity is determined by the capacity of its narrowest part, i. e. the bottleneck. For example, if a car assembly line can&#8230; …

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  • 25capacity*/ — [kəˈpæsəti] noun 1) [C/U] the amount of something that can be put in a container, or the number of people that a place has room for a concert hall with a seating capacity of 800[/ex] All the country s prisons are filled to capacity (= completely&#8230; …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 26capacity — /kəˈpæsəti / (say kuh pasuhtee) noun (plural capacities) 1. the power of receiving or containing. 2. cubic contents; volume. 3. power of receiving impressions, knowledge, etc.; mental ability: a scholar of great capacity. 4. power, ability, or&#8230; …

  • 27capacity — Holding space, as the capacity of a ship or freight car; ability; legal competency; a person s ability to understand the nature and effect of the act in which he is engaged and the business which he is transacting. Tiger v Lozier, 124 Okla 260,&#8230; …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 28capacity — n. (pl. ies) 1 a the power of containing, receiving, experiencing, or producing (capacity for heat, pain , etc.). b the maximum amount that can be contained or produced etc. c the volume, e.g. of the cylinders in an internal combustion engine. d&#8230; …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 29capacity — ca•pac•i•ty [[t]kəˈpæs ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties, adj. 1) the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity[/ex] 2) the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained; cubic contents; volume: a jug with a capacity of two&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30capacity — /kə pæsɪti/ noun 1. the amount which can be produced, or the amount of work which can be done ● industrial or manufacturing or production capacity ♦ to work at full capacity to do as much work as possible 2. the amount of space 3. ability ● She&#8230; …

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