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      "From Middle English capacite, from Old French capacite, from Latin cap\u0101cit\u0101s, from cap\u0101x (\u201cable to hold much\u201d), from capi\u014d (\u201cto hold, to contain, to take, to understand\u201d)."
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            "mean": "Capability; the ability to perform some task\n1929,  Coolidge, Calvin,  The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge\u200e, New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, \u2192OCLC, page 171:Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application. Either they never learn how to work, or, having learned, they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems."
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            "mean": "Electrical capacitance."
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            "mean": "(operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.\nIts capacity rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum capacity was 200 tons per hour."
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