capacity

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈpæsɪti/

Noun

capacity

1. The ability to hold, receive or absorb
2. A measure of such ability; volume
3. The maximum amount that can be held

   It was hauling a capacity load.

   The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.

4. Capability; the ability to perform some task
5. The maximum that can be produced.
6. Mental ability; the power to learn
7. A faculty; the potential for growth and development
8. A role; the position in which one functions
9. Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
10. Electrical capacitance.
11. (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.

    Its capacity rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum capacity was 200 tons per hour.

Synonyms

• throughput
• See also Thesaurus:skill

Translations

• French: capacité
• German: Kapazität
• Italian: tenuta, resistenza, capacità, capienza
• Portuguese: capacidade
• Russian: ёмкость
• Spanish: capacidad

Translations

• French: capacité
• Italian: capacità
• Portuguese: capacidade
• Russian: спосо́бность
• Spanish: capacidad

Translations

• Italian: capacità
• Portuguese: capacidade
• Russian: производи́тельность
• Spanish: capacidad

Translations

• Portuguese: capacidade
• Russian: компете́нтность

Translations

• Italian: resistenza
• Portuguese: capacidade
• Russian: ёмкость
• Spanish: capacidad

Translations

• German: Befugnis
• Russian: правоспосо́бность

Adjective

capacity

1. Filling the allotted space.

   There will be a capacity crowd at Busch stadium for the sixth game.

   • 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal ↗

     At an overcast Eton Dorney, roared on by a capacity crowd including Prince Harry and Prince William, the volume rose as they entered the final stages.

Related terms

• capacious

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