Dictionary

capacity

Etymology

From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from capāx ("able to hold much"), from capiō ("to hold, to contain, to take, to understand").

Pronunciation

IPA: /kəˈpæsɪti/

Noun

capacity

The ability to hold, receive, or absorb
A measure of such ability; volume
The maximum amount that can be held
It was hauling a capacity load.
The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
A factory operating at less than full capacity.
Capability; the ability to perform some task
The maximum that can be produced.
Mental ability; the power to learn
A faculty; the potential for growth and development
A role; the position in which one functions
Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
Electrical capacitance.
(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.