capacity : Idioms & Phrases

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british capacity unit

  • noun a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
    British capacity unit.
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Capacity for heat

  • the power of absorbing heat. Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference is the measure of, or depends upon, whzt is called their capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat.
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capacity measure

  • noun a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
    capacity measure; cubage unit; volume unit; displacement unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; cubature unit.
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capacity unit

  • noun a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
    capacity measure; cubage unit; volume unit; displacement unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; cubature unit.
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channel capacity

  • noun the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel
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electrical capacity

  • noun an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
    capacitance; capacity.
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field capacity

  • noun the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold
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formatted capacity

  • noun (computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive; the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk
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imperial capacity unit

  • noun a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
    British capacity unit.
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mental capacity

  • noun mental ability
    learning ability; mentality; brainpower; brain; wit.
    • he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
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metric capacity unit

  • noun a capacity unit defined in metric terms
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seating capacity

  • noun the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc.
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Specific inductive capacity

  • (Physics), the effect of a dielectric body in producing static electric induction as compared with that of some other body or bodies referred to as a standard.
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unformatted capacity

  • noun (computer science) the total number of bytes on a disk including the space that will be required to format it
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Vital capacity

  • noun the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue
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  • (Physiol.), the breathing capacity of the lungs; expressed by the number of cubic inches of air which can be forcibly exhaled after a full inspiration.
Webster 1913