capacity

== English == === 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 === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈpæsɪti/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /kəˈpasɪtɪj/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /kəˈpasɪte/, /-tɪ/, /-ti/ (General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /kəˈpæsɪti/, [kəˈpæsɪɾi] Rhymes: -æsɪti Hyphenation: ca‧pa‧ci‧ty === Noun === capacity (countable and uncountable, plural capacities) 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. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:skill The maximum that can be produced. Synonym: throughput (operations) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === capacity (not comparable) Filling the allotted space. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== capacious === References === “capacity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Further reading === “capacity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “capacity”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “capacity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.