capacity
Pronunciation: /kəˈpæsɪti/
The English word “capacity” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The potential for growth and development.
- Mental ability; the power to learn.
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- Electrical capacitance.
adjective
Etymology
From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās (whence -acity), from capāx (“able to hold much”), from capiō (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”).
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