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

capacity \capac"ity\ k.apa^s"i^ty^, n.; pl.
   capacities -ti^z. l. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis;
   fr. f. capacit'e. see capacious.
   1. the power of receiving or containing; extent of room or
      space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical
      things.
      1913 webster

            had our great palace the capacity
            to camp this host, we all would sup together.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            the capacity of the exhausted cylinder. --boyle.
      1913 webster

   2. the power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.;
      the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty;
      capability of understanding or feeling.
      1913 webster

            capacity is now properly limited to these the mere
            passive operations of the mind; its primary
            signification, which is literally room for, as well
            as its employment, favors this; although it can not
            be denied that there are examples of its usage in an
            active sense.                         --sir w.
                                                  hamilton.
      1913 webster

   3. ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the
      possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of
      being or of doing.
      1913 webster

            the capacity of blessing the people.  --alex.
                                                  hamilton.
      1913 webster

            a cause with such capacities endued.  --blackmore.
      1913 webster

   4. outward condition or circumstances; occupation;
      profession; character; position; as, to work in the
      capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
      1913 webster

   5. law legal or moral qualification, as of age, residence,
      character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for
      holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, wills,
      etc.; legal power or right; competency.
      1913 webster

   capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat. substances
      differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a
      given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference
      is the measure of, or depends upon, what is called their
      capacity for heat. see specific heat, under heat.

   syn: ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency;
        cleverness. see ability.
        1913 webster
see also:
capacities capacious capacity for heat specific heat heat ability 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

capacity
     n 1: ability to perform or produce ant: incapacity
     2: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;
        "the capability of a metal to be fused" syn: capability
     3: the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a
        capacity of 12 gallons" syn: content
     4: the maximum production possible; "the plant is working at 80
        per cent capacity"
     5: a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of
        director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity
        at a higher salary"
     6: computer science the amount of information in bytes that
        can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard
        disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes"
     7: an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is
        stored syn: capacitance, electrical capacity
     8: the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability
        to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
        syn: mental ability ant: incapacity
     9: tolerance for alcohol; "he had drunk beyond his capacity"
see also:
incapacity capability content capacitance electrical capacity mental ability 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

260 moby thesaurus words for "capacity":
   iq, sro, ability, ableness, accommodation, acumen, address,
   adeptness, adequacy, adroitness, airmanship, amplitude,
   apprehension, aptitude, artfulness, artisanship, artistry,
   bellyful, bent, brains, bravura, brilliance, brimful, brimming,
   bulging, bump, bumper, burden, bursting, caliber, capability,
   capableness, capaciousness, capacitance, capital, character,
   charge, chock-full, chuck-full, cleverness,
   collector junction capacitance, command, commodiousness,
   competence, competency, complement, comprehension, conception,
   condition, congested, consciousness, content, control,
   coordination, cordage, craft, craftsmanship, cram, cram-full,
   crammed, crush, cunning, deductive power, deftness, devices,
   dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, dimensions, diplomacy,
   disposable resources, dower, dowry, duty, efficacy, efficiency,
   emitter junction capacitance, endowment, equipment,
   esemplastic power, expansiveness, expertise, extensiveness,
   facility, faculties, faculty, farad, farci, fill, filled, finesse,
   fitness, flair, flush, footing, forte, full, full house,
   full measure, full to bursting, function, funds, genius, gift,
   grace, grip, handiness, horsemanship, ideation, ingeniousness,
   ingenuity, instinct, integrative power, intellect,
   intellectual gifts, intellectual grasp, intellectual power,
   intellectualism, intellectuality, intellectuals, intelligence,
   intelligence quotient, jam up, jam-packed, job, judgement, knack,
   know-how, knowledge, lading, limit, load, long suit, makings,
   marksmanship, mastership, mastery, means, measure, mental age,
   mental capacity, mental grasp, mental ratio, mentality, method,
   metier, might, mother wit, mouthful, native wit, natural endowment,
   natural gift, office, overfull, overstuffed, packed,
   packed like sardines, part, parts, perception, perceptiveness,
   perspicacity, place, plenary, position, post, potential, poundage,
   power, power of mind, powers, practical ability, proficiency,
   province, prowess, qualification, quality, quantity, quickness,
   rank, rationality, readiness, ready to burst, reasoning power,
   recourses, relation, replete, resistance capacitance, resorts,
   resource, resourcefulness, resources, responsibility, role, room,
   roominess, round, sanity, satiated, saturated, savoir-faire, savvy,
   scope of mind, seamanship, sense, senses, situation, size, skill,
   skillfulness, skinful, snootful, soaked, space, spaciousness,
   speciality, sphere, standing, standing room only, state, station,
   status, stock, stowage, strong flair, strong point, stuffed, style,
   sufficiency, supply, surfeited, susceptibility, swollen, tact,
   tactfulness, talent, talents, technical brilliance,
   technical mastery, technical skill, technique, the goods,
   the stuff, thinking power, timing, tonnage, topful, twin,
   understanding, virtuosity, volume, ways, ways and means,
   what it takes, wherewith, wherewithal, wit, wits, wizardry,
   workmanship

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

capacity
     
         the maximum possible data transfer rate of
        a communications channel under ideal conditions.  the total
        capacity of a channel may be shared between several
        independent data streams using some kind of multiplexing, in
        which case, each stream's data rate may be limited to a fixed
        fraction of the total capacity.
     
        2001-05-22
     
     
see also:
data transfer rate multiplexing 

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

capacity. this word, in the law sense, denotes some ability, power, 
qualification, or competency of persons, natural, or artificial, for the 
performance of civil acts, depending on their state or condition, as defined 
or fixed by law; as, the capacity to devise, to bequeath, to grant or convey 
lands; to take; or to take. and hold lands to make a contract, and the like. 
2 com. dig. 294; dane's abr. h.t. 
     2. the constitution requires that the president, senators, and 
representatives should have attained certain ages; and in the case of the 
senators and representatives, that out these they have no capacity to serve 
in these offices. 
     3. all laws which regulate the capacity of persons to contract, are 
considered personal laws; such are the laws which relate to minority and 
majority; to the powers of guardians or parents, or the disabilities of 
coverture. the law of the domicil generally governs in cases of this kind. 
burge. on sureties, 89. 

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