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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 given potential energy
- Capacity factor, the ratio of the actual output of a power plant to its theoretical potential output
- Storage capacity (energy), the amount of energy that the storage system of a power plant can hold
- Nameplate capacity, the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power plant
- Heat capacity, a measurement of changes in a system's internal energy
- Combining capacity, another term for valence in chemistry
- Battery capacity, the amount of electric charge a battery can deliver at the rated voltage
Computer
- Data storage capacity, amount of stored information that a storage device or medium can hold
- Channel capacity, the highest rate at which information can be reliably transmitted
Social
- Carrying capacity, the population size of a species that its environment can sustain
- Capacity planning, the process of determining the production resources needed to meet product demand
- Capacity building, strengthening the skills, competencies and abilities of developing societies
- Productive capacity, the maximum possible output of an economy
- Capacity management, a process used to manage information technology in business
- Capacity utilization, 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
- Seating capacity, the number of people who can be seated in a specific space
Legal
- Capacity (law), the capability and authority to undertake a legal action
Arts
- Capacities (album), an album by Up Dharma Down
- Capacity (album), an album by Big Thief
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gollark: How come stuff I didn't put in hatcheries seems to get a few UV/Vs still?
gollark: I'll just keep my chicken named `Omega Theory` then.
gollark: _is tempted to steal name_
gollark: Given that that's a chicken and a Z-code it's probably quite valuable.
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