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Capacity

Capacity is the ability to hold, receive or absorb, or a measure thereof, similar to the concept of volume.

Capacity may also refer to: Capacity (economics), the point of production at which a firm or industry's average (or "per-unit") costs begin to rise, usually because some factor is fixed (often capital or land).
Capacity (law), the legal ability to engage in certain acts, such as making a contract.
In decision theory, a capacity is a subjective measure of likelihood of an event, similar to a membership function in fuzzy logic.
Capacity of a set — including the notions of condenser, harmonic and Newtonian capacity
Battery capacity (electricity), a measure of a battery's ability to store electrical energy, measured in Amp-hour

See also

Capacitor
Absorptive capacity
Analytic capacity
Carrying capacity
Channel capacity
Cranial capacity
Diffusion capacity
Heat capacity
Seating capacity
Toxic capacity
Evolving capacities
Capacity management
Capacity utilization
Capacity (company) - a company that works on 3D

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Translation

The word "Capacity" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Simple English.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bosnian: Kapacitet (čvor), Czech: Kapacita, German: Kapazität, Greek: Χωρητικότητα, Spanish: Capacidad, Persian: ظرفیت, French: Capacité, Croatian: Kapacitet, Italian: capacità, Latvian: Kapacitāte, Lithuanian: Talpa (reikšmės), Dutch: Capaciteit, Japanese: 容量, Portuguese: Capacidade, Russian: Ёмкость, Slovak: Kapacita.


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