Definition of capacity

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Capacity (n.) The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

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Insufficiency :: Insufficiency (n.) Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office..
Enation :: Enation (n.) Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth..
Expansive :: Expansive (a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air..
Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him..
Dissolvability :: Dissolvability (n.) Capacity of being dissolved; solubility.
Content :: Content (n.) Power of containing; capacity; extent; size.
Centilitre :: Centilitre (n.) The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce..
Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity..
Disability :: Disability (n.) Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.
Neurility :: Neurility (n.) The special properties and functions of the nerves; that capacity for transmitting a stimulus which belongs to nerves.
Pneumometry :: Pneumometry (n.) Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air.
Testamentary :: Testamentary (a.) Done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age..
Stereometer :: Stereometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a vessel; a volumenometer..
Incapacitate :: Incapacitate (v. t.) To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war..
Sensibleness :: Sensibleness (n.) The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility.
Contain :: Contain (v. t.) To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks..
-able :: -able () An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable..
Subserviently :: Subservient (a.) Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling..
Engine :: Engine (n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill..
Large :: Large (superl.) Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city..
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