English-Thai Dictionary

capacity

N ความสามารถ ทาง ร่างกาย หรือ จิตใจ  ability aptitude capability kwam-sa-mad-tang-rang-kai-rue-jid-jai

 

capacity

N ปริมาณ สูงสุด ที่จะ รับได้  limit contents pa-ri-man-sung-sud-ti-ja-rab-dai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAPACITY

n. 1. Passive power; the power of containing, or holding; extent of room or space; as the capacity of a vessel, or a cask.
2. The extent or comprehensiveness of the mind; the power of receiving ideas or knowledge.
Let instruction be adapted to the capacities of youth.
3. Active power; ability; applied to men or things; but less common, and correct.
The world does not include a cause endued with such capacities.
4. State; condition; character; profession; occupation. A man may act in the capacity of a mechanic, of a friend, of an attorney, or of a statesman. He may have a natural or a political capacity.
5. Ability, in a moral or legal sense; qualification; legal power or right; as, a man or a corporation may have a capacity to give or receive and hold estate.
6. In geometry, the solid contents of a body.
7. In chimistry, that state, quality or constitution of bodies, by which they absorb and contain, or render latent, any fluid; as the capacity of water for caloric.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAPACITY

Ca *pac "i *ty, n.; pl. Capacities Etym: [L. capacitus, fr. capax,capacis; fr. F. capacité. See Capacious. ]

 

1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak. The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. Boyle.

 

2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc. ; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling. Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere passive operations of the mind ]; its primary signification, which is literally room for, as well as its employment, favars this; although it can not be dented that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. Sir W. Hamilton.

 

3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing. The capacity of blessing the people. Alex. Hamilton. A cause with such capacities endued. Blackmore.

 

4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

 

5. (Law )

 

Defn: Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc. , necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc. ; legal power or right; competency. 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.

 

Syn. -- Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency; cleverness. See Ability.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

capacity

ca pac i ty |kəˈpasitē kəˈpæsədi | ▶noun ( pl. capacities ) 1 [ in sing. ] the maximum amount that something can contain: the capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet | the stadium's seating capacity | the room was filled to capacity . • [ as modifier ] fully occupying the available area or space: they played to a capacity crowd. • the amount that something can produce: the company aimed to double its electricity-generating capacity | when running at full capacity, the factory will employ 450 people. • the total cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons in an internal combustion engine. • former term for capacitance. 2 the ability or power to do, experience, or understand something: I was impressed by her capacity for hard work | [ with infinitive ] : his capacity to inspire trust in others | their intellectual capacities. • [ in sing. ] a person's legal competence: cases where a patient's testamentary capacity is in doubt. 3 [ in sing. ] a specified role or position: I was engaged in a voluntary capacity | writing in his capacity as legal correspondent. DERIVATIVES ca pac i tive |-ətiv |(also capacitative ) adjective (chiefly Physics )ORIGIN late Middle English: from French capacité, from Latin capacitas, from capax, capac- ‘that can contain, ’ from capere ‘take or hold. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

capacity

cap |acity |kəˈpasɪti | ▶noun ( pl. capacities ) 1 [ in sing. ] the maximum amount that something can contain: the capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet | the stadium's seating capacity | [ mass noun ] : the room was filled to capacity . • [ as modifier ] fully occupying the available area or space: they played to a capacity crowd. • the total cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons in an internal-combustion engine. • former term for capacitance. 2 the amount that something can produce: the company aimed to double its electricity-generating capacity | when running at full capacity, the factory will employ 450 people. 3 the ability or power to do or understand something: I was impressed by her capacity for hard work | their intellectual capacities. • [ in sing. ] a person's legal competence: cases where a patient's testamentary capacity is in doubt. 4 [ in sing. ] a specified role or position: I was engaged in a voluntary capacity | writing in his capacity as legal correspondent. DERIVATIVES capacitive |-tətɪv |(also capacitative ) adjective (chiefly Physics )ORIGIN late Middle English: from French capacité, from Latin capacitas, from capax, capac- ‘that can contain ’, from capere ‘take or hold ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

capacity

capacity noun 1 the capacity of the freezer: volume, size, magnitude, dimensions, measurements, proportions. 2 his capacity to inspire trust. See capability. 3 in his capacity as head librarian: position, post, job, office; role, function.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

capacity

capacity noun 1 the capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet: volume, cubic measure; size, dimensions, measurements, magnitude, proportions, amplitude; room, space; extent, range, scope, compass. 2 his capacity to inspire trust in others | the task was beyond my intellectual capacities: ability, power, potential, potentiality; competence, competency, proficiency, accomplishment, adeptness, aptitude, aptness, faculty, skill, skilfulness, talent, flair; cleverness, intelligence; gift, strong point, forte, knack; experience; informal know-how. ANTONYMS inability. 3 in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces: position, post, job, office, appointment; role, function.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

capacity

ca pac i ty /kəpǽsəti / (! ca-は /kə /; 強勢は第2音節 ) 〖capaci (収容できる )ty 2 (状態 )〗(名 )capability, (形 )capable 名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U 容量 , 容積 ; (最大 )受容 [収容 ]能力 ; (部屋などの )定員 (!具体例ではa ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ; 〖形容詞的に 〗収容力いっぱいの , 満員の ▸ cubic capacity 体積 ▸ This can has a capacity of one liter .この缶の容量は1リットルだ ▸ The theater has a seating capacity of 600 .その劇場の座席数は600人だ ▸ be full [filled ] to [beyond ] capacity 満員 [超満員 ]である ▸ a capacity crowd [audience ]満員の観客 2 U «…に対する /…する » 能力 ; 才能 ; 適性 , 素質 , 可能性 «for /for do ing , to do » (!具体例ではa ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う; →ability 類義 ) ▸ He has a great capacity for learning [to learn ].彼にはすばらしい学習能力がある ▸ Many of its functions are beyond [within ] my capacity .その機能の多くは私には理解できない [できる ]3 C ｟かたい書 ｠〖通例単数形で 〗地位 , 資格 , 立場 (position ); 〘法 〙法的資格 ▸ in a private [an official ] capacity 一個人として [公式の立場で ]▸ write in one's capacity as a critic 批評家の立場で書く 4 U 〖具体例ではa (…) ～〗(会社 機械 地域などの ) (最大 )生産能力 ; (エンジンなどの )総排気量 ▸ The factory is operating at full capacity .工場はフル操業だ 5 〘電 〙＝capacitance .