Capacity vs. Volume
Capacitynoun
The ability to hold, receive or absorb
Capacitynoun
A measure of such ability; volume
Capacitynoun
The maximum amount that can be held
Capacitynoun
Capability; the ability to perform some task
Capacitynoun
The maximum that can be produced.
Capacitynoun
Mental ability; the power to learn
Capacitynoun
A faculty; the potential for growth and development
Capacitynoun
A role; the position in which one functions
Capacitynoun
Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
Capacitynoun
Electrical capacitance.
Capacitynoun
(operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
Capacityadjective
Filling the allotted space.
Capacitynoun
The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; - used in reference to physical things.
Capacitynoun
The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of understanding or feeling.
Capacitynoun
Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.
Capacitynoun
Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
Capacitynoun
Legal or moral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, wills, etc.; legal power or right; competency.
Capacitynoun
ability to perform or produce
Capacitynoun
the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;
Capacitynoun
the amount that can be contained;
Capacitynoun
the maximum production possible;
Capacitynoun
a specified function;
Capacitynoun
(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive;
Capacitynoun
an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
Capacitynoun
the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
Capacitynoun
tolerance for alcohol;
Volumenoun
A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
Volumenoun
Strength of sound. Measured in decibels.
Volumenoun
The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
Volumenoun
A bound book.
Volumenoun
A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
Volumenoun
Quantity.
Volumenoun
(economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
Volumenoun
(computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
Volumeverb
(intransitive) To be conveyed through the air, waft.
Volumeverb
(transitive) To cause to move through the air, waft.
Volumenoun
A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.
Volumenoun
Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes.
Volumenoun
Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
Volumenoun
Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas.
Volumenoun
Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.
Volumenoun
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object;
Volumenoun
the property of something that is great in magnitude;
Volumenoun
physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together;
Volumenoun
a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications;
Volumenoun
a relative amount;
Volumenoun
the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction);
Volume
Volume is the quantity of three-dimensional space enclosed by a closed surface, for example, the space that a substance (solid, liquid, gas, or plasma) or 3D shape occupies or contains. Volume is often quantified numerically using the SI derived unit, the cubic metre.
