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capacity
(mass) | capacity
- funkcia, schopnosť |
capacity
(encz) | capacity,kapacita n: Josef Kosek |
capacity
(encz) | capacity,objem n: Zdeněk Brož |
capacity
(encz) | capacity,schopnost n: Josef Kosek |
capacity
(encz) | capacity,únosnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Capacity
(gcide) | Capacity \Ca*pac"i*ty\ (k[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Capacities (-t[i^]z). [L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis;
fr. F. capacit['e]. See Capacious.]
1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or
space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical
things.
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Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together.
--Shak.
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The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. --Boyle.
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2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.;
the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty;
capability of understanding or feeling.
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Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere
passive operations of the mind]; its primary
signification, which is literally room for, as well
as its employment, favors this; although it can not
be denied that there are examples of its usage in an
active sense. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the
possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of
being or of doing.
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The capacity of blessing the people. --Alex.
Hamilton.
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A cause with such capacities endued. --Blackmore.
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4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation;
profession; character; position; as, to work in the
capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
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5. (Law) 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.
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Capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat. Substances
differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a
given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference
is the measure of, or depends upon, what is called their
capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat.
Syn: Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency;
cleverness. See Ability.
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capacity
(wn) | capacity
n 1: capability to perform or produce; "among his gifts is his
capacity for true altruism"; "limited runway capacity"; "a
great capacity for growth" [ant: incapacity]
2: the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment;
"the capability of a metal to be fused" [syn: capability,
capacity]
3: the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a
capacity of 12 gallons" [syn: capacity, content]
4: the maximum production possible; "the plant is working at 80
per cent capacity"
5: a specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of
director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at
a higher salary"
6: (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that
can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk
drive is usually expressed in megabytes"
7: an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
[syn: capacitance, electrical capacity, capacity]
8: the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability
to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
[syn: capacity, mental ability] [ant: incapacity]
9: tolerance for alcohol; "he had drunk beyond his capacity" |
capacity
(foldoc) | capacity
The maximum possible data transfer rate of
a communications channel under ideal conditions. The total
capacity of a channel may be shared between several
independent data streams using some kind of multiplexing, in
which case, each stream's data rate may be limited to a fixed
fraction of the total capacity.
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CAPACITY
(bouvier) | CAPACITY. This word, in the law sense, denotes some ability, power,
qualification, or competency of persons, natural, or artificial, for the
performance of civil acts, depending on their state or condition, as defined
or fixed by law; as, the capacity to devise, to bequeath, to grant or convey
lands; to take; or to take. and hold lands to make a contract, and the like.
2 Com. Dig. 294; Dane's Abr. h.t.
2. The constitution requires that the president, senators, and
representatives should have attained certain ages; and in the case of the
senators and representatives, that out these they have no capacity to serve
in these offices.
3. All laws which regulate the capacity of persons to contract, are
considered personal laws; such are the laws which relate to minority and
majority; to the powers of guardians or parents, or the disabilities of
coverture. The law of the domicil generally governs in cases of this kind.
Burge. on Sureties, 89.
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lifting capacity
(mass) | lifting capacity
- nosnosť |
absorbtive capacity of pollutants
(encz) | absorbtive capacity of pollutants,absorpční kapacita
polutantů [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
acid capacity
(encz) | acid capacity,kyselinová (neutralizační) kapacita (KNK)
(hydrochemie) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
adsorption water capacity
(encz) | adsorption water capacity,adsorpční vodní kapacita [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
areal capacity of irrigation set
(encz) | areal capacity of irrigation set,plošná výkonnost závlahové
soupravy [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
base capacity
(encz) | base capacity,zásadová (neutralizační) kapacita (ZNK)
(hydrochemie) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
capacity utilization
(encz) | capacity utilization,vytížení n: Zdeněk Brož |
carrying capacity
(encz) | carrying capacity,kapacita únosnosti ekosystému [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskačcarrying capacity,únosnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
channel capacity
(encz) | channel capacity, n: |
constant storage capacity of water reservoir
(encz) | constant storage capacity of water reservoir,prostor stálého nadržení
vodní nádrže [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
debt-servicing capacity
(encz) | debt-servicing capacity, |
economic storage reservoir capacity
(encz) | economic storage reservoir capacity,hospodářský prostor
nádrže [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
effective reservoir capacity
(encz) | effective reservoir capacity,užitkový prostor nádrže [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
electrical capacity
(encz) | electrical capacity, n: |
export capacity
(encz) | export capacity, |
field capacity
(encz) | field capacity, n: |
filter sludge capacity
(encz) | filter sludge capacity,kalová kapacita filtru [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
formatted capacity
(encz) | formatted capacity, n: |
full capacity level
(encz) | full capacity level, |
housing capacity
(encz) | housing capacity,bytový fond [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
idle capacity
(encz) | idle capacity, |
import capacity
(encz) | import capacity, |
import capacity of exports
(encz) | import capacity of exports, |
incapacity
(encz) | incapacity,neschopnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
incapacity for work
(encz) | incapacity for work,pracovní neschopnost n: Ivan Masár |
installed capacity
(encz) | installed capacity, |
institutional capacity
(encz) | institutional capacity,institucionální kapacita [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
landscape capacity
(encz) | landscape capacity,kapacita krajiny [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
legal capacity
(encz) | legal capacity,právní způsobilost [práv.] web |
lending capacity
(encz) | lending capacity, |
mental capacity
(encz) | mental capacity, n: |
metric capacity unit
(encz) | metric capacity unit, n: |
nominal capacity
(encz) | nominal capacity,jmenovitá kapacita Oldřich Švec |
output capacity
(encz) | output capacity, |
overcapacity
(encz) | overcapacity,zbytečně velká kapacita n: Zdeněk Brož |
plant capacity
(encz) | plant capacity,kapacita systému [tech.] Míra energie, kterou je systém
schopen pojmout. v.martinplant capacity,kapacita závodu Zdeněk Brož |
regenerative capacity
(encz) | regenerative capacity,regenerativní kapacita [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
seating capacity
(encz) | seating capacity, n: |
self-purification capacity
(encz) | self-purification capacity,samočistící kapacita (vodního
útvaru) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
slack capacity
(encz) | slack capacity, |
taxable capacity
(encz) | taxable capacity, |
underemployed capacity
(encz) | underemployed capacity, |
underutilization of productive capacity
(encz) | underutilization of productive capacity, |
unformatted capacity
(encz) | unformatted capacity, n: |
vital capacity
(encz) | vital capacity, n: |
water course capacity
(encz) | water course capacity,kapacita koryta toku [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
water treatment plant capacity
(encz) | water treatment plant capacity,kapacita úpravny vody [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
Capacity
(gcide) | Capacity \Ca*pac"i*ty\ (k[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Capacities (-t[i^]z). [L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis;
fr. F. capacit['e]. See Capacious.]
1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or
space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical
things.
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Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together.
--Shak.
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The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. --Boyle.
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2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.;
the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty;
capability of understanding or feeling.
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Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere
passive operations of the mind]; its primary
signification, which is literally room for, as well
as its employment, favors this; although it can not
be denied that there are examples of its usage in an
active sense. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the
possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of
being or of doing.
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The capacity of blessing the people. --Alex.
Hamilton.
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A cause with such capacities endued. --Blackmore.
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4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation;
profession; character; position; as, to work in the
capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
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5. (Law) 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.
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Capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat. Substances
differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a
given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference
is the measure of, or depends upon, what is called their
capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat.
Syn: Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency;
cleverness. See Ability.
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Capacity for heat
(gcide) | Capacity \Ca*pac"i*ty\ (k[.a]*p[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl.
Capacities (-t[i^]z). [L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis;
fr. F. capacit['e]. See Capacious.]
1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or
space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical
things.
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Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together.
--Shak.
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The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. --Boyle.
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2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.;
the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty;
capability of understanding or feeling.
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Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere
passive operations of the mind]; its primary
signification, which is literally room for, as well
as its employment, favors this; although it can not
be denied that there are examples of its usage in an
active sense. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the
possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of
being or of doing.
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The capacity of blessing the people. --Alex.
Hamilton.
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A cause with such capacities endued. --Blackmore.
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4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation;
profession; character; position; as, to work in the
capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
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5. (Law) 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.
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Capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat. Substances
differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a
given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference
is the measure of, or depends upon, what is called their
capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat.
Syn: Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency;
cleverness. See Ability.
[1913 Webster]Heat \Heat\ (h[=e]t), n. [OE. hete, h[ae]te, AS. h[=ae]tu,
h[=ae]to, fr. h[=a]t hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede,
Sw. hetta. See Hot.]
1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects,
but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation,
and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays,
mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes
directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its
nature heat is a mode of motion, being in general a form
of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly
supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was
given the name caloric.
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Note: As affecting the human body, heat produces different
sensations, which are called by different names, as
heat or sensible heat, warmth, cold, etc., according to
its degree or amount relatively to the normal
temperature of the body.
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2. The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat
when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human
body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire,
the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.
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3. High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature,
or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter;
heat of the skin or body in fever, etc.
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Else how had the world . . .
Avoided pinching cold and scorching heat! --Milton.
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4. Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or
color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness;
high color; flush; degree of temperature to which
something is heated, as indicated by appearance,
condition, or otherwise.
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It has raised . . . heats in their faces. --Addison.
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The heats smiths take of their iron are a blood-red
heat, a white-flame heat, and a sparkling or welding
heat. --Moxon.
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5. A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or
in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number
of heats.
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6. A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single
course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as,
he won two heats out of three.
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Many causes . . . for refreshment betwixt the heats.
--Dryden.
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[He] struck off at one heat the matchless tale of
"Tam o' Shanter." --J. C.
Shairp.
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7. Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle
or party. "The heat of their division." --Shak.
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8. Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement;
exasperation. "The heat and hurry of his rage." --South.
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9. Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency; as, in the
heat of argument.
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With all the strength and heat of eloquence.
--Addison.
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10. (Zool.) Sexual excitement in animals; readiness for
sexual activity; estrus or rut.
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11. Fermentation.
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12. Strong psychological pressure, as in a police
investigation; as, when they turned up the heat, he took
it on the lam. [slang]
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Animal heat, Blood heat, Capacity for heat, etc. See
under Animal, Blood, etc.
Atomic heat (Chem.), the product obtained by multiplying
the atomic weight of any element by its specific heat. The
atomic heat of all solid elements is nearly a constant,
the mean value being 6.4.
Dynamical theory of heat, that theory of heat which assumes
it to be, not a peculiar kind of matter, but a peculiar
motion of the ultimate particles of matter.
Heat engine, any apparatus by which a heated substance, as
a heated fluid, is made to perform work by giving motion
to mechanism, as a hot-air engine, or a steam engine.
Heat producers. (Physiol.) See under Food.
Heat rays, a term formerly applied to the rays near the red
end of the spectrum, whether within or beyond the visible
spectrum.
Heat weight (Mech.), the product of any quantity of heat by
the mechanical equivalent of heat divided by the absolute
temperature; -- called also thermodynamic function, and
entropy.
Mechanical equivalent of heat. See under Equivalent.
Specific heat of a substance (at any temperature), the
number of units of heat required to raise the temperature
of a unit mass of the substance at that temperature one
degree.
Unit of heat, the quantity of heat required to raise, by
one degree, the temperature of a unit mass of water,
initially at a certain standard temperature. The
temperature usually employed is that of 0[deg] Centigrade,
or 32[deg] Fahrenheit.
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Incapacity
(gcide) | Incapacity \In`ca*pac"i*ty\, n.; pl. Incapacities. [Cf. F.
incapacit['e].]
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1. Lack of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power;
inability.
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2. (Law) Lack of legal ability or competency to do, give,
transmit, or receive something; inability;
disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make
binding contracts, etc.
Syn: Inability; incapability; incompetency; unfitness;
disqualification; disability.
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Specific inductive capacity
(gcide) | specific \spe*cif"ic\ (sp[-e]*s[i^]f"[i^]k), a. [F.
sp['e]cifique, or NL. spesificus; L. species a particular
sort or kind + facere to make. Cf. specify.]
1. Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property
or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and
distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of
an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug;
the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
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Specific difference is that primary attribute which
distinguishes each species from one another. --I.
Watts.
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2. Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
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3. (Med.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the
body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar
adaptation, and not on general principles; as, quinine is
a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
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In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the
perfection of the science. --Coleridge.
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Specific character (Nat. Hist.), a characteristic or
characteristics distinguishing one species from every
other species of the same genus.
Specific disease (Med.)
(a) A disease which produces a determinate definite effect
upon the blood and tissues or upon some special
tissue.
(b) A disease which is itself uniformly produced by a
definite and peculiar poison or organism.
Specific duty. (Com.) See under Duty.
Specific gravity. (Physics) See under Gravity.
Specific heat (Physics), the quantity of heat required to
raise the temperature of a body one degree, taking as the
unit of measure the quantity required to raise the same
weight of water from zero to one degree; thus, the
specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of water being
1.000.
Specific inductive capacity (Physics), the effect of a
dielectric body in producing static electric induction as
compared with that of some other body or bodies referred
to as a standard.
Specific legacy (Law), a bequest of a particular thing, as
of a particular animal or piece of furniture, specified
and distinguished from all others. --Wharton. --Burrill.
Specific name (Nat. Hist.), the name which, appended to the
name of the genus, constitutes the distinctive name of the
species; -- originally applied by Linnaeus to the
essential character of the species, or the essential
difference. The present specific name he at first called
the trivial name.
Specific performance (Law), the peformance of a contract or
agreement as decreed by a court of equity.
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Vital capacity
(gcide) | Vital \Vi"tal\, a. [F., fr. L. vitalis, fr. vita life; akin to
vivere to live. See Vivid.]
1. Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable;
as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.
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2. Contributing to life; necessary to, or supporting, life;
as, vital blood.
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Do the heavens afford him vital food? --Spenser.
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And vital virtue infused, and vital warmth.
--Milton.
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3. Containing life; living. "Spirits that live throughout,
vital in every part." --Milton.
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4. Being the seat of life; being that on which life depends;
mortal.
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The dart flew on, and pierced a vital part. --Pope.
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5. Very necessary; highly important; essential.
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A competence is vital to content. --Young.
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6. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. [R.]
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Pythagoras and Hippocrates . . . affirm the birth of
the seventh month to be vital. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Vital air, oxygen gas; -- so called because essential to
animal life. [Obs.]
Vital capacity (Physiol.), the breathing capacity of the
lungs; -- expressed by the number of cubic inches of air
which can be forcibly exhaled after a full inspiration.
Vital force. (Biol.) See under Force. The vital forces,
according to Cope, are nerve force (neurism), growth force
(bathmism), and thought force (phrenism), all under the
direction and control of the vital principle. Apart from
the phenomena of consciousness, vital actions no longer
need to be considered as of a mysterious and unfathomable
character, nor vital force as anything other than a form
of physical energy derived from, and convertible into,
other well-known forces of nature.
Vital functions (Physiol.), those functions or actions of
the body on which life is directly dependent, as the
circulation of the blood, digestion, etc.
Vital principle, an immaterial force, to which the
functions peculiar to living beings are ascribed.
Vital statistics, statistics respecting the duration of
life, and the circumstances affecting its duration.
Vital tripod. (Physiol.) See under Tripod.
Vital vessels (Bot.), a name for latex tubes, now disused.
See Latex.
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british capacity unit
(wn) | British capacity unit
n 1: a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the
British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
[syn: British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit] |
capacity measure
(wn) | capacity measure
n 1: a unit of measurement of volume or capacity [syn: {volume
unit}, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit,
cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit,
cubature unit] |
capacity unit
(wn) | capacity unit
n 1: a unit of measurement of volume or capacity [syn: {volume
unit}, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit,
cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit,
cubature unit] |
channel capacity
(wn) | channel capacity
n 1: the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given
channel |
electrical capacity
(wn) | electrical capacity
n 1: an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is
stored [syn: capacitance, electrical capacity,
capacity] |
field capacity
(wn) | field capacity
n 1: the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold |
formatted capacity
(wn) | formatted capacity
n 1: (computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive; the
amount of space that is left after the sector headings and
boundary definitions and timing information have been added
by formatting the disk |
imperial capacity unit
(wn) | Imperial capacity unit
n 1: a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the
British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
[syn: British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit] |
incapacity
(wn) | incapacity
n 1: lack of intellectual power [ant: capacity, {mental
ability}]
2: lack of physical or natural qualifications [ant: capacity] |
mental capacity
(wn) | mental capacity
n 1: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common
sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability,
mental capacity, mentality, wit] |
metric capacity unit
(wn) | metric capacity unit
n 1: a capacity unit defined in metric terms |
seating capacity
(wn) | seating capacity
n 1: the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or
auditorium or stadium etc. |
unformatted capacity
(wn) | unformatted capacity
n 1: (computer science) the total number of bytes on a disk
including the space that will be required to format it |
vital capacity
(wn) | vital capacity
n 1: the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a
maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used
to determine the condition of lung tissue |
CAPACITY
(bouvier) | CAPACITY. This word, in the law sense, denotes some ability, power,
qualification, or competency of persons, natural, or artificial, for the
performance of civil acts, depending on their state or condition, as defined
or fixed by law; as, the capacity to devise, to bequeath, to grant or convey
lands; to take; or to take. and hold lands to make a contract, and the like.
2 Com. Dig. 294; Dane's Abr. h.t.
2. The constitution requires that the president, senators, and
representatives should have attained certain ages; and in the case of the
senators and representatives, that out these they have no capacity to serve
in these offices.
3. All laws which regulate the capacity of persons to contract, are
considered personal laws; such are the laws which relate to minority and
majority; to the powers of guardians or parents, or the disabilities of
coverture. The law of the domicil generally governs in cases of this kind.
Burge. on Sureties, 89.
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INCAPACITY
(bouvier) | INCAPACITY. The want of a quality legally to do, give, transmit, or receive
something.
2. It arises from nature, from the law, or from both. From nature, when
the party has not his senses, as, in the case of an idiot; from the law, as,
in the case of a bastard who cannot inherit from nature and the law; as, in
the case of a married woman, who cannot make contracts or a will.
3. In general, the incapacity ceases with the cause which produces it.
If the idiot should obtain his senses, or the married woman's husband die,
their incapacity would be at an end.
4. When a cause of action arises during the incapacity of a person
having the right to sue, the act of limitation does not, in general,
commence to run till the incapacity has been removed. But two incapacities
cannot be joined in order to come within the statute.
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