capability Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
    capableness.
    • he worked to the limits of his capability
  2. noun the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
    capacity.
    • the capability of a metal to be fused
  3. noun an aptitude that may be developed
    capableness; potentiality.

WordNet

Ca`pa*bil"i*ty noun
Wordforms
plural Capabilities
Definitions
  1. The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.
    A capability to take a thousand views of a subject. H. Taylor.
  2. Capacity of being used or improved.

Webster 1913