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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