Definitions for capacity

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capacity ca·pac·i·ty

Spelling: [kuh-pas-i-tee]

IPA: /kəˈpæs ɪ ti/

Capacity is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in capacity (aaccipty).

Definitions for capacity

noun

1. the ability to receive or contain:
2. the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained; cubic contents; volume:
3. power of receiving impressions, knowledge, etc.; mental ability:
4. actual or potential ability to perform, yield, or withstand:
5. quality or state of being susceptible to a given treatment or action:
6. position; function; role:
7. legal qualification.
8. Electricity. capacitance. maximum possible output.

adjective

1. reaching maximum capacity:

Origin of capacity

1375-1425; late Middle English capacite Middle French Latin capācitāt- (stem of capācitās), equivalent to capāci-, stem of capāx roomy (cap(ere) to hold + -āci- adj. suffix) + -tāt- Examples for capacity

There is a fascination in this view in its capacity for change.

It was beyond the capacity of any human cryptologist to decipher the signals.

Specifically, the pilots got themselves into a high altitude stall, where the wings lose the capacity to provide lift.

In growth all is adjusted to capacity; it is not meant to shock, force, or frighten.

We are overwhelmed with data from every quarter, and our capacity to filter fact from fraud is limited.

Foxx says that he thinks this generation has the capacity to keep pushing through racial barriers.

I have an abiding faith in their capacity, integrity and high purpose.

First up is the larger wash still, its capacity ranging from 25,000 to 30,000 liters.

It is not a question of His giving, but of my capacity to take.

Be it considered, also, that men often overestimate their capacity for evil.