Noun

(capacities)

The ability to hold, receive or absorb

A measure of such ability; volume

The maximum amount that can be held

It was hauling a capacity load.

The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.

Capability; the ability to perform some task

The maximum that can be produced.

Mental ability; the power to learn

A faculty; the potential for growth and development

A role; the position in which one functions

Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)

Electrical capacitance.

(operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.

Its capacity''' rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum '''capacity was 200 tons per hour.

Noun

(wikipedia material) (en noun)

(senseid)Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03, author=Lee A. Groat, volume=100, issue=2, page=128

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(senseid)Text written for a specific purpose.

(senseid)A sample or specimens for study.

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With fresh material', taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the '''material''' examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium ' material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get

(senseid)Cloth to be made into a garment.

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Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

(senseid)A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.

(senseid)Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)

, volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.}}

The substance that something is made or composed of.

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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.}}