capacity

/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/

意味: 容量/能力

例文: Chair-kun exceeded emotional capacity—again.
    チェア君の感情の許容量がまたあふれた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: seating capacity(座席数), storage capacity(記憶容量), production capacity(生産能力)

定義: 何かを保持したり、収容したりすることができる最大の量や能力を指します。例えば、部屋や容器がどれだけの人や物を入れられるか、または機械や工場がどれだけの製品を作れるかを示します。

capacityは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: capability to perform or produce
Noun: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
Noun: the amount that can be contained
Noun: the maximum production possible
Noun: a specified function
Noun: (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
Noun: an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
Noun: the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
Noun: tolerance for alcohol

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

Noun: among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism
Noun: limited runway capacity
Noun: a great capacity for growth
Noun: the capability of a metal to be fused
Noun: the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons
Noun: the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity
Noun: he was employed in the capacity of director
Noun: he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary
Noun: the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes
Noun: he had drunk beyond his capacity

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): capability, capacitance, capacity, content, electrical capacity, mental ability

Antonyms(反意語): incapacity

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): ability, capability, electrical phenomenon, function, indefinite quantity, production, susceptibility, tolerance, volume

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): addition, amperage, aptitude, associability, bag, bilingualism, boring, breakage, breeding, brewing, capability, capacitance, capacity, catch, charge, conductance, containerful, correction, creativity, cultivation, current, defensibility, dielectric heating, distortion, dose, elastance, electric potential, electric resistance, electrical disturbance, executability, faculty, footstep, generation, hand, hat, headspace, induction, intelligence, know-how, large indefinite quantity, leadership, liability, limit, load, mass production, military capability, mining, operating capability, originality, outage, output, overkill, overproduction, portfolio, precipitation, pyroelectricity, quarrying, reactance, reactivity, region, reluctance, reserve, run, second fiddle, sensitivity, sericulture, skill, skin effect, skinful, small indefinite quantity, spillage, spoilage, stead, suggestibility, superior skill, supply, tankage, top-up, ullage, underproduction, voltage, worth

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): activity, formatted capacity, prescience, resistance, unformatted capacity, vital capacity

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: capable, capacious, capacitate, contain

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: medical, psychology, science, technology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: education

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ity

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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