Capacity
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Capacity is the ability to hold a fluid, very similar to volume
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Capacity may also refer to:
Volume
Volume is the quantity of three-dimensional space enclosed by some closed boundary, for example, the space that a substance or shape occupies or contains....
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Capacity may also refer to:
- Capacity utilizationCapacity utilizationCapacity utilization is a concept in economics and managerial accounting which refers to the extent to which an enterprise or a nation actually uses its installed productive capacity...
, in economics, the extent to which an enterprise or a nation actually uses its potential output - Capacity (law)Capacity (law)The capacity of both natural and legal persons determines whether they may make binding amendments to their rights, duties and obligations, such as getting married or merging, entering into contracts, making gifts, or writing a valid will...
, the legal ability to engage in certain acts, such as making a contract - In decision theory, a capacity is a subjective measure of likelihood of an event, similar to a membership functionMembership function (mathematics)The membership function of a fuzzy set is a generalization of the indicator function in classical sets. In fuzzy logic, it represents the degree of truth as an extension of valuation. Degrees of truth are often confused with probabilities, although they are conceptually distinct, because fuzzy...
in fuzzy logic - Capacity of a setCapacity of a setIn mathematics, the capacity of a set in Euclidean space is a measure of that set's "size". Unlike, say, Lebesgue measure, which measures a set's volume or physical extent, capacity is a mathematical analogue of a set's ability to hold electrical charge. More precisely, it is the capacitance of...
, in mathematics, one way of measuring a set's size - Battery capacity, a measure of a battery's ability to store electrical charge
- Carrying capacityCarrying capacityThe carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment...
, in biology, the ability of an environment to sustain populations - Channel capacityChannel capacityIn electrical engineering, computer science and information theory, channel capacity is the tightest upper bound on the amount of information that can be reliably transmitted over a communications channel...
, in communications - Combining capacity, in chemistry, number of chemical bonds formed by the atoms of a given element
- Nameplate capacityNameplate capacityNameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity or maximum effect, refers to the intended technical full–load sustained output of a facility such as a power plant, a chemical plant, fuel plant, metal refinery, mine, and many others.For dispatchable power,...
, in power plants, the general number of Megawatts technically available