单词 | capacity |
释义 | Word Frequency capacity(kəˈpæsɪtɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties 1. the ability or power to contain, absorb, or hold 2. the amount that can be contained; volume a capacity of six gallons 3. a. the maximum amount something can contain or absorb (esp in the phrase filled to capacity) b. (as modifier) a capacity crowd 4. the ability to understand or learn; aptitude; capability he has a great capacity for languages 5. the ability to do or produce (often in the phrase at capacity) the factory's output was not at capacity 6. a specified position or function he was employed in the capacity of manager 7. a measure of the electrical output of a piece of apparatus such as a motor, generator, or accumulator 8. electronics a former name for capacitance 9. computing a. the number of words or characters that can be stored in a particular storage device b. the range of numbers that can be processed in a register 10. the bit rate that a communication channel or other system can carry 11. legal competence the capacity to make a will Word origin C15: from Old French capacite, from Latin capācitās, from capāx spacious, from capere to take |
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