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What (who) is capacity - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Capacity (disambiguation); Capacities; Unit of capacity
capacity
n.
1.
Containing power, magnitude (in reference to contents), volume, dimensions, amplitude, extent of room or space.
2.
Power (of apprehension), faculty, talent, genius, gift, turn, forte, parts, brains, aptness, aptitude, discernment, wit, mother-wit, calibre.
3.
Ability, ableness, capability, cleverness, skill, skilfulness, competency, efficiency, readiness. See calibre.
4.
Office, post, position, sphere, province, character, function, service, charge.
capacity
(capacities)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your capacity for something is your ability to do it, or the amount of it that you are able to do.
Our capacity for giving care, love and attention is limited...
Her mental capacity and temperament are as remarkable as his.
...people's creative capacities.
N-VAR: oft with poss, N for n/-ing, N to-inf
2.
The capacity of something such as a factory, industry, or region is the quantity of things that it can produce or deliver with the equipment or resources that are available.
Bread factories are working at full capacity...
The region is valued for its coal and vast electricity-generating capacity...
N-UNCOUNT
3.
The capacity of a piece of equipment is its size or power, often measured in particular units.
...an aircraft with a bomb-carrying capacity of 454 kg.
N-COUNT
4.
The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
...the fuel tanks, which had a capacity of 140 litres...
Grease 6 ramekin dishes of 150 ml (5-6 fl oz) capacity.
N-VAR
5.
The capacity of a building, place, or vehicle is the number of people or things that it can hold. If a place is filled to capacity, it is as full as it can possibly be.
Each stadium had a seating capacity of about 50,000...
Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.
N-SING: also no det, oft to N
6.
A capacity crowd or audience completely fills a theatre, sports stadium, or other place.
A capacity crowd of 76,000 people was at Wembley football stadium for the event.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
If you do something in a particular capacity, you do it as part of a particular job or duty, or because you are representing a particular organization or person. (WRITTEN)
Ms Halliwell visited the Philippines in her capacity as a Special Representative of Unicef...
This article is written in a personal capacity...
N-COUNT: with supp, in N, oft poss N as n
capacity
¦ noun (plural capacities)
1. the maximum amount that something can contain or produce.
[as modifier] fully occupying the available space: a capacity crowd.
the total cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons in an internal-combustion engine.
2. the ability or power to do something.
a person's legal competence.
3. a specified role or position.
4. dated electrical capacitance.
Derivatives
capacitive (also capacitative) adjective (chiefly Physics).
Origin
ME: from Fr. capacite, from L. capacitas, from capax, capac- 'that can contain', from capere 'take or hold'.
Examples of use of capacity
1. "There is not much cushion in refinery capacity and crude capacity.
2. In an effort to encourage more refining capacity, the legislation grants tax breaks to expand capacity.
3. Tupras has a combined capacity of 27,6 MT/Y representing 100 percent of Turkey’s refining capacity.
4. This is a near monopoly of flexible generation capacity at a time of tight capacity.
5. "Surge capacity is about using existing assets to convert to a hospital capacity very quickly.