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capacity

English

  1. 🔊 a specified function
    “he was employed in the capacity of director”
  2. 🔊 the maximum production possible
    “the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity”
  3. 🔊 tolerance for alcohol
    “he had drunk beyond his capacity”
  4. 🔊 capability to perform or produce
    “among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism”
  5. 🔊 the power to learn or retain knowledge
  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. 🔊 the amount that can be contained
    “the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons”
  8. 🔊 the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
    “the capability of a metal to be fused”
  9. 🔊 an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored

Spanish

  1. 🔊 capacidad de obrar capacity
  2. 🔊 cupo capacity
  3. 🔊 capacidad capacity, capability, ability

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