Meaning of capacity in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The ability to hold, receive or absorb

• A measure of such ability; volume

• The maximum amount that can be held

  Example: It was hauling a capacity load.

• Capability; the ability to perform some task

• The maximum that can be produced.

• Mental ability; the power to learn

• A faculty; the potential for growth and development

• A role; the position in which one functions

• Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)

• Electrical capacitance.

• (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.

  Example: Its capacity rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum capacity was 200 tons per hour.

adjective

• Filling the allotted space.

  Example: There will be a capacity crowd at Busch stadium for the sixth game.