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capacity
English
Etymology
From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin cap?cit?s, from capax (“able to hold much”), from capi? (“to hold, to contain, to take, to understand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??pæs?ti/
Noun
capacity (countable and uncountable, plural capacities)
- The ability to hold, receive or absorb
- A measure of such ability; volume
- The maximum amount that can be held
- It was hauling a capacity load.
- The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
- 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.
- Its capacity rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum capacity was 200 tons per hour.
Synonyms
- throughput
- See also Thesaurus:skill
Derived terms
- capac
- capacitance
- capacitate
- capacitive
- capacitation
- capacitor
Translations
References
- capacity at OneLook Dictionary Search
Adjective
capacity
- Filling the allotted space.
- There will be a capacity crowd at Busch stadium for the sixth game.
- 2012, August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- At an overcast Eton Dorney, roared on by a capacity crowd including Prince Harry and Prince William, the volume rose as they entered the final stages.
Related terms
- capacious
Further reading
- capacity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- capacity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- capacity at OneLook Dictionary Search
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estimation
English
Alternative forms
- æstimation (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio.Morphologically estimate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st??me???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
estimation (countable and uncountable, plural estimations)
- The process of making an estimate.
- The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
- Esteem or favourable regard.
Derived terms
- estimate
Related terms
- esteem
Translations
French
Alternative forms
- æstimation (obsolete)
Etymology
estimer +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s.ti.ma.sj??/
Noun
estimation f (plural estimations)
- estimate; estimation (rough calculation or guess)
Further reading
- “estimation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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