Толковый словарь английского языка - capacity
Capacity
capacity
I. noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English capacite, from Middle French capacité, from Latin capacitat-, capacitas, from capac-, capax Date: 15th century legal competency or fitness , 2. the potential or suitability for holding, storing, or accommodating , the maximum amount or number that can be contained or accommodated , 3. an individual's mental or physical ability ; aptitude , skill , the faculty or potential for treating, experiencing, or appreciating , duty , position , role , the facility or power to produce, perform, or deploy ; capability , 6. capacitance , the quantity of electricity that a battery can deliver under specified conditions, II. adjective Date: 1897 equaling maximum ~
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a the power of containing, receiving, experiencing, or producing (capacity for heat, pain , etc.). b the maximum amount that can be contained or produced etc. c the volume, e.g. of the cylinders in an internal-combustion engine. d (attrib.) fully occupying the available space, resources, etc. (a capacity audience). 2 a mental power. b a faculty or talent. 3 a position or function (in a civil capacity; in my capacity as a critic). 4 legal competence. 5 Electr. capacitance. Phrases and idioms measure of capacity a measure used for vessels and liquids or grains etc. to capacity fully; using all resources (working to capacity). Derivatives capacitative adj. (also capacitive) (in sense 5). Etymology: ME f. F f. L capacitas -tatis (as CAPACIOUS) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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