Capacity or capacities may
refer to:
Mathematics, science, and engineering
* Capacity of a container, closely related to
the volume of the container
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Capacity of a set, in Euclidean space, the total charge a set can hold while maintaining a given potential energy
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Capacity factor, the ratio of the actual output of a power plant to its theoretical potential output
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Storage capacity (energy)
Energy storage is the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time to reduce imbalances between energy demand and energy production.
A device that stores energy is generally called an accumulator or battery.
Energy comes in ...
, the amount of energy that the storage system of a power plant can hold
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Nameplate capacity, the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power plant
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Heat capacity, a measurement of changes in a system's internal energy
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Combining capacity
In chemistry, the valence (US spelling) or valency (British spelling) of an element is the measure of its combining capacity with other atoms when it forms chemical compounds or molecules.
Description
The combining capacity, or affinity of a ...
, another term for valence in chemistry
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Battery capacity
An electric battery is a source of electric power consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices.
When a battery is supplying power, its positive terminal is the cathode and its negat ...
, the amount of electric charge a battery can deliver at the rated voltage
Computer
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Data storage capacity, amount of stored information that a storage device or medium can hold
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Channel capacity, the highest rate at which information can be reliably transmitted
Social
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Carrying capacity
The carrying capacity of an environment is the maximum population size of a biological species that can be sustained by that specific environment, given the food, habitat, water, and other resources available. The carrying capacity is defined as t ...
, the population size of a species that its environment can sustain
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Capacity planning, the process of determining the production resources needed to meet product demand
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Capacity building, strengthening the skills, competencies and abilities of developing societies
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Productive capacity Productive capacity is the maximum possible output of an economy. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), no agreed-upon definition of maximum output exists. UNCTAD itself proposes: "the productive ''resources'' ...
, the maximum possible output of an economy
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Capacity management
Capacity management's goal is to ensure that information technology resources are sufficient to meet upcoming business requirements cost-effectively. One common interpretation of capacity management is described in the ITIL framework. ITIL vers ...
, a process used to manage information technology in business
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Capacity utilization
Capacity utilization or capacity utilisation is the extent to which a firm or nation employs its installed productive capacity. It is the relationship between output that ''is'' produced with the installed equipment, and the potential output whic ...
, the extent to which an enterprise or a nation uses its theoretical productive capacity
* Road capacity, the maximum
traffic flow rate that theoretically may be attained on a given road
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Seating capacity, the number of people who can be seated in a specific space
Legal
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Capacity (law)
Legal capacity is a quality denoting either the legal aptitude of a person to have rights and liabilities (in this sense also called transaction capacity), or altogether the personhood itself in regard to an entity other than a natural person ( ...
, the capability and authority to undertake a legal action
Arts
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''Capacities'' (album), an album by Up Dharma Down
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''Capacity'' (album), an album by Big Thief
See also
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Capacitance, in physics
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Ability (disambiguation)
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Cability (disambiguation)
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Capacity (disambiguation)
Capacity or capacities may
refer to:
Mathematics, science, and engineering
* Capacity of a container, closely related to the volume of the container
* Capacity of a set, in Euclidean space, the total charge a set can hold while maintaining a giv ...
*
Incapacitation (disambiguation)
Incapacitation may refer to:
* Incapacitation (penology), one of the functions of punishment
* Incapacity, a legal disqualification
See also
* Incapable (disambiguation)
* Incapacitant
* Incapacitating agent
* Knockout (disambiguation)
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