Dictionary Check: capacity
"capacity" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
19
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Definition
noun
capability to perform or produce
Example:
"among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism"
noun
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
Example:
"the capability of a metal to be fused"
noun
the amount that can be contained
Example:
"the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
noun
the maximum production possible
Example:
"the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity"
noun
a specified function
Example:
"he was employed in the capacity of director"
noun
(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
Example:
"the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes"
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