[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

capability \ca`pabil"ity\, n.; pl. capabilities.
   1. the quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp.
      intellectual power or ability.
      1913 webster

            a capability to take a thousand views of a subject.
                                                  --h. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. capacity of being used or improved.
      1913 webster
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