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noun
- 1. the maximum amount that something can contain: "the capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet" Similar
- 2. the amount that something can produce: "the company aimed to double its electricity-generating capacity"
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CAPACITY definition: 1. the total amount that can be contained or produced: 2. someone's ability to do a particular…. Learn more.
noun. ca· pac· i· ty kə-ˈpa-sə-tē. -ˈpa-stē. pluralcapacities. Synonyms of capacity. 1. : legal competency (see competencesense 1) or fitness. capacity to stand trial. 2. a. : the potential or suitability for holding, storing, or accommodating. a large seating capacity. b. : the maximum amount or number that can be contained or accommodated.
CAPACITY meaning: 1. the total amount that can be contained or produced: 2. someone's ability to do a particular…. Learn more.
the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity. the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained; cubic contents; volume: The inn is filled to capacity. The gasoline tank has a capacity of 20 gallons. Synonyms: amplitude.
[uncountable, countable, usually singular] the number of things or people that a container or space can hold. a fuel tank with a maximum capacity of 50 litres. The theatre has a seating capacity of 2 000. a hard disk storage capacity of 1 000 gigabytes. large capacity disk drives. to capacity The hall was filled to capacity (= was completely full).
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.
From the Latin word capacitatem meaning “breadth, capacity,” capacity is a noun that in the simplest sense means "ability" or "capability": the capability of a room to hold a certain number of people, the ability of a law to change crime rates, your ability to pick up foreign languages.
