He was divine, after his own peculiar fashion, and divinity brings capacities and ambitions that don't trouble the rest of us.
Clive Barker GALILEE (2001)
But the early loss had fractured for good the young Peter's capacities for enjoying the `season of goodwill '.
Salley Vickers INSTANCES OF THE NUMBER 3 (2001)
It is interesting, watching a scientist friend talking about cat capacities that he would officially deny.
Doris Lessing ON CATS (2001)
All related terms of 'capacities'
capacity
Your capacity for something is your ability to do it, or the amount of it that you are able to do.
cubic capacity
the volume of cylinder of an engine
disk capacity
the maximum number of bytes that can be held on a disk
heat capacity
the heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by unit temperature interval under specified conditions, usually measured in joules per kelvin . Symbol : C p (for constant pressure ) or C v (for constant volume )
vital capacity
the volume of air that can be exhaled from the lungs after the deepest possible breath has been taken: a measure of lung function
carrying capacity
the maximum number of individuals that an area of land can support , usually determined by their food requirements
cylinder capacity
the cylinder volume that is swept by the pistons of an internal-combustion engine
excess capacity
unused production capacity
memory capacity
(on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
seating capacity
the number of people a place can seat
storage capacity
the maximum number of bits , bytes , words, or items that can be held in a memory system such as that of a computer or of the brain
warehouse capacity
the amount of storage space in a warehouse
industrial capacity
the amount of resources ( workforce , factories , etc) present in a place that will enable an industry or industries to produce goods
specific heat capacity
the heat required to raise unit mass of a substance by unit temperature interval under specified conditions, such as constant pressure : usually measured in joules per kelvin per kilogram