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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Subsidiary :: Subsidiary (a.) Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream..
Application :: Application (n.) The capacity of being practically applied or used; relevancy; as, a rule of general application..
Breath :: Breath (n.) The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath..
Endowment :: Endowment (n.) That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.
Pounder :: Pounder (n.) A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder..
Viability :: Viability (n.) The capacity of living after birth.
Reach :: Reach (n.) The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity..
Propheticalness :: Propheticalness (n.) The quality or state of being prophetical; power or capacity to foretell.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
Occupy :: Occupy (v. t.) To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy.
Discapacitate :: Discapacitate (v. t.) To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate.
Decilitre :: Decilitre (n.) A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces..
Receptivity :: Receptivity (n.) The power or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses..
Energetical :: Energetical (a.) Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.
Wisdom :: Wisdom (a.) The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity..
Scrofula :: Scrofula (n.) A constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and may
Second-sight :: Second-sight (n.) The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision..
Engine :: Engine (n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill..
Megafarad :: Megafarad (n.) One of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad..
Infinite :: Infinite (a.) Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -- opposed to finite..
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