capacity

Definition

  • noun: the ability to hold or contain people or things
  • noun: legal competency or fitness
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: skill, cleverness, talent

Examples

  • The factory is currently running at three-quarter 'capacity'. [=the factory is producing three quarters of what it can produce]

  • The airport is not expected to reach 'capacity' [=the highest number of planes it can deal with] for several years.

  • The restaurant has a large seating 'capacity'. [=many people can sit in the restaurant; it has many seats]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) checking the line resistance - and we lost it. - You overloaded the line? No, sir. It was well below capacity. One minute it was fine, and the next, we shorted out. Fuck! That's all I need. Call Chuck Rampart. Tell him to go out (..)
    2002 Shark Attack 3: Megalodon