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capacities 音标拼音: [kəp'æsətiz] [kəp'æsɪtiz] 能力,才能,资格,容量,性能(复数) 能力,才能,资格,容量,性能(复数) Capacity \ Ca* pac" i* ty\ ( k[. a]* p[ a^] s"[ i^]* t[ y^]), n.; pl. { Capacities} (- t[ i^] z). [ L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis; fr. F. capacit[' e]. See { Capacious}.] 1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things. [ 1913 Webster] Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. -- Boyle. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of understanding or feeling. [ 1913 Webster] 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, favors this; although it can not be denied that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. -- Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing. [ 1913 Webster] The capacity of blessing the people. -- Alex. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster] A cause with such capacities endued. -- Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Law) Legal or moral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, wills, etc.; legal power or right; competency. [ 1913 Webster] { 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, what is called their capacity for heat. See { Specific heat}, under { Heat}. Syn: Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency; cleverness. See { Ability}. [ 1913 Webster]
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