Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality of being capable; ability.
- noun A talent or ability that has potential for development or use.
- noun The capacity to be used, treated, or developed for a specific purpose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being capable; ability to receive, or power to do; capacity of undergoing or of doing; capacity; ability; capableness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.
- noun Capacity of being used or improved.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The power or
ability to generate an outcome.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- noun an aptitude that may be developed
- noun the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
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Examples
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The end of negative capability is to create something beyond one's usual or conscious (affirmative?) capability like that splendid Satan whose star of morning so outshines God's sun and son.
Hard Marker Dunn, Peter N. 1979
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$capability as whatever capability you would normally use.
Justin Tadlock 2009
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To date, I have to admit that I have no clear idea of what the term "capability" means.
Site Home Nick Malik 2011
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But 3D capability is also popping up nearly everywhere.
This holiday season, 3D is everywhere in consumer electronics 2010
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But clarity, eye-relief, and light-gathering capability is generally very good.
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Some of the pilots I spoke to described the F‑22 as such a huge leap in capability that it ought to be considered not a fifth-generation fighter, one step up from the F‑15, but sixth-generation.
The Last Ace 2009
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For modern phones like iPhone and others the HD capability is already there and might be switched with a software update.
Time To Make Phone Calls Sound Better? « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2009
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Such a gap in capability could have wide-ranging impacts on all GPS users, though there are measures the Air Force and others can take to plan for and minimize these impacts.
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But computers are doubling in capability approximately every 2 years.
Ideas and Growth, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But clarity, eye-relief, and light-gathering capability is generally very good.
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