(transport) The number of people or things that a vehicle is designed to carry. / (ecology) The number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support.

A volume; especially the volume of a cylinder head when the piston is at its lower dead centre.

lung volume / vital capacity

The current that a fuse, circuit breaker, or other electrical apparatus is able to interrupt without being destroyed or causing an electric arc with unacceptable duration.

Synonym of Shannon limit

Planning for manufacturing facilities where the capacity of the machine or work centres is included in the planning of materials and labour. Infinite capacity planning does not consider work centre capacity.

(management, operations) The percentage of the capacity of a device or system that is being used productively.

(thermodynamics) The heat capacity of a given substance divided by its amount, measured in moles.

plural of capacity utilization rate

(thermodynamics) The heat capacity per unit mass