capacity🔊

The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.

A measure of such ability; volume.

(maximum held amount) The maximum amount that can be held.

(ability to perform a task) {{U|capability}}; the ability to perform some task. +

The maximum that can be produced. +

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

The potential for growth and development.

Mental ability; the power to learn.

A role; the position in which one functions.

Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).

Electrical capacitance.

Filling the allotted space.