capacity
 ca·pac·i·ty (kə-păsʹĭ-tē)n. pl. ca·pac·i·ties
1.
a. The ability to receive, hold, or absorb.
b. Abbr. c. A measure of this ability; volume.
2. The maximum amount that can be contained:
a trunk filled to capacity.
3.
a. Ability to perform or produce; capability.
b. The maximum or optimum amount that can be produced:
factories operating below capacity.
4. The power to learn or retain knowledge; mental ability.
5. Innate potential for growth, development, or accomplishment; faculty. See Synonyms at ability.
6. The quality of being suitable for or receptive to specified treatment:
the capacity of elastic to be stretched.
7. The position in which one functions; role:
in your capacity as sales manager.
8. Legal qualification or authority:
the capacity to make an arrest.
9. Electricity. Capacitance.adj.
Filling a space with the most it can hold:
a capacity crowd at the concert. [Middle English capacite, from Old French, from Latin capācitās, from capāx, capāc-, spacious. See capacious.]
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