Look up: CAPACITY

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   Capacity
   The degree of use of factors of production. Full capacity means full use of the factors of production.
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   Capacity
   All the resources available to an organisation. Includes people, money, equipment, expertise and information.
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   capacity
   [Noun] Plural form: capacities. The amount something can hold, or the ability to do something.
   Example: The church has a capacity to seat 400 people. She has a great capacity for work.
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   capacity
   The concept is usually used at the Lloyd's market, and with reference to a given insurance market (e.g. reinsurance) and it refers, broadly speaking, to the capital available to subscribe non-life insurance risks. It is dependent upon the capitalisation of the sector and minimum regulatory capital requirements.
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   capacity
   [n] - the amount that can be contained 2. [n] - (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive 3. [n] - the power to learn or retain knowledge 4. [n] - ability to perform or produce 5. [n] - tolerance for alcohol 6. [n] - the maximum production possible 7. [n] - a specified function
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   Capacity
   Availability of opportunities for literacy and numeracy learning.
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   Capacity
   The maximum weight that can be placed on the scale or balance.
   Found on http://www.inscale-scales.co.uk/glossary
   
   
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   capacity
   In economics, the maximum amount that can be produced when all the resources in an economy, industry, or firm are employed as fully as possible. Capacity constraints can be caused by lack of...
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   Capacity
   Limit of force or moment which may be applied to a member without causing yielding or rupture.
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    Capacity
    Mastery over an entire class of behaviour - knowing how to do something. Capabilities from the development of a mental map allowing us to select and organize groups of individual behaviours. In NLP these mental maps take the form of cognitive strategies and Meta-Programs.
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    Capacity
    The electric energy content of a battery expressed in 'Watt hours'. Batteries with the same output voltage also use 'Ampere hours' for comparing capacities.
    Found on http://www.mpoweruk.com/glossary.htm
    
    
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    capacity
    (communications) The maximum possible data transfer rate of a communications channel under ideal conditions. The total capacity of a channel may be shared between several independent data streams using some kind of multiplexing, in which case, each stream's data rate may be limited to a fixed fraction of the total capacity. (2001-05-22)
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    capacity
    The amount a container can hold when filled
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    Capacity
    A child or young person is considered to have capacity if they are capable of understanding the nature and possible consequences of actions and decisions. Children are generally considered to have capacity when they are 12 years old or over. If a child or young person lacks capacity any rights they had under education law would remain with the pare ...
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    capacity
    the number of seats offered to the general public on a scheduled air service over a given period Category: Transport • the highest possible(reliable)transmission speed that can be carried on a channel,circuit or piece of equipment Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the number of units of storage(words,bytes or characters)that a storage device is capable of holdin...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    Capacity
    Competence to enter into a legal agreement. Minors and those of unsound mind generally lack capacity.
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    Capacity
    The amount of information, measured in bytes, that can be stored on a hard drive. Also known as storage capacity.
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    Capacity
    General term given to cargo space and available lift from a given aircraft.
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    Capacity
    Definition (keystage 2) The amount that any container will hold. <br /> This could be the amount of liquid that can be contained in a bottle, jug, vase, etc, or the amount of solids that could be contained in a box, car boot, shed, etc. <br /> It is usually measured in cubic cm or millilitres.
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    Capacity
    Definition (keystage 3) Another word for volume; the amount of three-dimensional space an object encloses or uses up. It is used of containers which could be filled with a liquid or gas.
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    Capacity
    Ca·pac'i·ty noun ; plural Capacities (-tĭz). [ Latin capacitus , from capax , capacis ; from French 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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/19
    
    
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    capacity
    Power or ability to hold, retain or contain or the ability to absorb. ... Origin: L. Capacitas, from capere = to take ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    capacity
    mental ability noun the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
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    capacity
    noun the maximum production possible; `the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity`
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    capacity
    noun ability to perform or produce
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