Definition of capacity

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Capacity (n.) The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling..

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Absorptive :: Absorptive (a.) Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe..
Kilolitre :: Kilolitre (n.) A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches..
Insanity :: Insanity (n.) Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility..
Sonometer :: Sonometer (n.) An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.
Power :: Power (n.) Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance..
Pneumometry :: Pneumometry (n.) Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air.
Rehabilitate :: Rehabilitate (v. t.) To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law..
Compass :: Compass (n.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument..
Dissolvability :: Dissolvability (n.) Capacity of being dissolved; solubility.
Gill :: Gill (n.) A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint..
Refer :: Refer (v. i.) To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story..
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..
Level :: Level (v. t.) To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level remarks to the capacity of children..
Recapacitate :: Recapacitate (v. t.) To qualify again; to confer capacity on again.
Audibility :: Audibility (n.) The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.
Measurement :: Measurement (n.) The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres..
Character :: Character (n.) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter..
Ton :: Ton (n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden..
Millilitre :: Millilitre (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid ounce..
Sufficiency :: Sufficiency (n.) Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
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