Definition of capacity

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Capacity (n.) Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency..

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Absorptive :: Absorptive (a.) Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe..
Measure :: Measure (n.) To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise..
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..
Measure :: Measure (v. i.) To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter..
Firkin :: Firkin (n.) A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons..
Hoop :: Hoop (n.) An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks..
Accendibility :: Accendibility (n.) Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability..
Calibre :: Calibre (n.) Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind.
Measurement :: Measurement (n.) The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres..
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
Fidiciary :: Fidiciary (a.) Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm; as, in a fiduciary capacity..
Personable :: Personable (a.) Having capacity to take anything granted.
Capable :: Capable (a.) Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will..
Pneumometry :: Pneumometry (n.) Measurement of the capacity of the lungs for air.
Power :: Power (n.) Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power..
Pint :: Pint (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart..
Full-bottomed :: Full-bottomed (a.) Of great capacity below the water line.
Adaptiveness :: Adaptiveness (n.) The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
Incompetent :: Incompetent (a.) Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible..
Self-complacent :: Self-complacent (a.) Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied..
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