| capacity | a specified function, he was employed in the capacity of director, he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary |
| capacity | the maximum production possible, the plant is working atper cent capacity |
choke choke coil
choking coil | a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current |
coil
spiral
volute
whorl
helix | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops, a coil of rope |
| coil | reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit |
| coil | tubing that is wound in a spiral |
| coil | a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb |
| coil | a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine |
coil spring
volute spring | a spring in the shape of a coil |
field coil
field winding | the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine |
| ignition coil | an induction coil that converts current from a battery into the high-voltage current required by spark plugs |
| induction coil | a coil for producing a high voltage from a low-voltage source |
primary coil
primary winding
primary | coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit, current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil |
| rotor rotor coil | the rotating armature of a motor or generator |
secondary coil
secondary winding
secondary | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil |
| spark coil | an induction coil used to create sparks |
stator
stator coil | mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves |
| Tesla coil | a step-up transformer with an air core, used to produce high voltages at high frequencies |
| tickler coil | a small coil in series with the anode of a vacuum tube and coupled to the grid to provide feedback |
| capacity | tolerance for alcohol, he had drunk beyond his capacity |
| seating capacity | the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc. |
| capacity | capability to perform or produce, among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism, limited runway capacity, a great capacity for growth |
brain
brainpower
learning ability
mental capacity
mentality
wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
capacity
mental ability | the power to learn or retain knowledge, in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior |
capacitance
electrical capacity
capacity | an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored |
volume unit
capacity unit
capacity measure
cubage unit
cubic measure
cubic content unit
displacement unit
cubature unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
British capacity unit
Imperial capacity unit | a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System, British units are both dry and wet |
| metric capacity unit | a capacity unit defined in metric terms |
| field capacity | the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold |
| capacity | (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 |
| formatted capacity | (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 |
| unformatted capacity | (computer science) the total number of bytes on a disk including the space that will be required to format it |
capacity
content | the amount that can be contained, the gas tank has a capacity of gallons |
| vital capacity | 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 |
coil
whorl
roll
curl
curlicue
ringlet
gyre
scroll | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
capability
capacity | the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment, the capability of a metal to be fused |
| channel capacity | the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel |
coil
loop
curl | wind around something in coils or loops |
handbuild
hand-build
coil | make without a potter's wheel, This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels |
gyrate
spiral
coil | to wind or move in a spiral course, the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action, black smoke coiling up into the sky, the young people gyrated on the dance floor |