Capacity

Capacity or capacities may refer to:

• Capacity of a container, closely related to the volume of the container
• Capacity of a set, in Euclidean space, the total charge a set can hold while maintaining a given potential energy
• Capacity factor, the ratio of the actual output of a power plant to its theoretical potential output
• Storage capacity (energy), the amount of energy that the storage system of a power plant can hold
• Nameplate capacity, the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power plant
• Heat capacity, a measurement of changes in a system's internal energy
• Combining capacity, another term for valence in chemistry
• Battery capacity, the amount of electric charge a battery can deliver at the rated voltage

• Data storage capacity, amount of stored information that a storage device or medium can hold
• Channel capacity, the highest rate at which information can be reliably transmitted

• Carrying capacity, the population size of a species that its environment can sustain
• Capacity planning, the process of determining the production resources needed to meet product demand
• Capacity building, strengthening the skills, competencies and abilities of developing societies
• Productive capacity, the maximum possible output of an economy
• Capacity management, a process used to manage information technology in business
• Capacity utilization, the extent to which an enterprise or a nation uses its theoretical productive capacity
• Road capacity, the maximum traffic flow rate that theoretically may be attained on a given road
• Seating capacity, the number of people who can be seated in a specific space

• Capacity (law), the capability and authority to undertake a legal action

• Capacities (album), an album by Up Dharma Down
• Capacity (album), an album by Big Thief

• Capacitance, in physics
• Ability (disambiguation)
• Capability (disambiguation)
• Incapacitation (disambiguation)