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Meaning of capacity

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  capacity
      n 1: capability to perform or produce; "among his gifts is his
           capacity for true altruism"; "limited runway capacity"; "a
           great capacity for growth" [ant: {incapacity}]
      2: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;
         "the capability of a metal to be fused" [syn: {capability},
         {capacity}]
      3: the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a
         capacity of 12 gallons" [syn: {capacity}, {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}, {capacity}]
      8: the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability
         to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
         [syn: {capacity}, {mental ability}] [ant: {incapacity}]
      9: tolerance for alcohol; "he had drunk beyond his capacity"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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