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单词 capacity
释义
capacity
Mathematics

  • A synonym for volume.

Chemical Engineering

  • 1. The working volume of a process vessel. For a liquid, it is less than the total volume as allowance is made for head space or overflow.

    2. The total production rate of a chemical plant, petroleum refinery, or petroleum production facility.

    3. The amount of electric charge stored in a battery.

Computer

  • 1. The amount of information that can be held in a storage device. The amount may be measured in words, bytes, bits, or characters.

    2. The maximum range of values that can be held in a register.

    3. of a transmission channel. See channel coding theorem.

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

  • 1. See channel capacity; memory capacity.

    2. An obsolete term for capacitance.

Geology and Earth Sciences

  • Maximum load of solid particles that a stream is capable of carrying. It is largely a function of particle size, in that a decrease in the size of particles involves an increase in the total load that can be transported. Ultimately a heavily loaded stream merges imperceptibly with a mud flow.

Geography

  • The maximum amount of debris that a stream can move as bed load. Capacity depends on discharge, and on the nature of the load; for the same volume, a stream may be able to carry more gravel than boulders. See Prosser and Rutoni (2000) PPG 24.

Philosophy

  • Another term for a thing’s potentiality (see actuality and potentiality).

Economics

  • The maximum output of goods and services a firm or an economy is capable of producing. See also excess capacity; spare capacity.
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