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♦ capacity /kəˈpæsətɪ/n.1 [u] (o solo sing.) capacità; capienza; ( di camion e sim.) portata: measures of capacity, misure di capacità; seating capacity, numero di posti a sedere; capienza; filled to capacity, completamente pieno; al completo; (di locale, anche) con un pienone2 [u] (o solo sing.) (ind.) capacità produttiva; rendimento: at full capacity, a piena capacità; a pieno regime; al massimo; excess (o surplus) capacity, capacità eccedente3 [cu] capacità; dote; disposizione; attitudine: creative capacities, capacità creative; creatività; a capacity to maintain discipline, la capacità di tenere la disciplina; to have a capacity for learning, avere attitudine ad apprendere; to have a capacity for friendship, essere portato a fare amicizie; to have a capacity for hard work, essere un gran lavoratore4 (leg.) capacità: capacity to act, capacità d'agire ( in giudizio, ecc.); capacity to contract, capacità giuridica (o di contrarre)5 funzione; posizione; qualità; ruolo; veste: in an advisory capacity, in qualità di consigliere; con funzioni consultive; I was acting in my capacity as magistrate, ho agito nella mia qualità di magistrato; in an official capacity, in veste ufficiale; in one's private capacity, in veste di privato cittadino; in a private capacity, a titolo personale6 [u] (o solo sing.) (autom., mecc.) cilindrata7 [u] (o solo sing.) (ind. costr., idraul.) portata8 (elettr.) ► capacitance● capacity audience, sala piena; tutto esaurito □ (econ.) capacity costs, costi di piena utilizzazione ( della capacità produttiva) □ capacity crowd, pienone; il tutto esaurito □ capacity test, test attitudinale □ (econ.) capacity utilization, utilizzazione della capacità produttiva. -
2 capacity *** ca·pac·ity
[kə'pæsɪtɪ]nto work at full capacity — (factory etc) lavorare a pieno ritmo
2) (position) posizione f, funzione fin my capacity as chairman — nella mia veste di presidente, in qualità di presidente
3) (ability) capacità -
3 filled
[fɪld] 1. 2.smoke-, book-filled room — stanza piena di fumo, di libri
* * *adjective (having been filled.) riempito* * *filled /fɪld/a. pred.2 pieno; affollato; gremito: filled with people, pieno di gente; The theatre was filled to capacity, il teatro era completamente pieno; in teatro c'era un pienone; filled to the brim, pieno fino all'orlo.* * *[fɪld] 1. 2.smoke-, book-filled room — stanza piena di fumo, di libri
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