Complement and Capacity

noun

• A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
• A complete number or quantity.
  • usage: "a full complement"
• Number needed to make up a whole force.
  • usage: "a full complement of workers"
  • synonyms: full complement
• Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
  • usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • synonyms: accompaniment
• One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
• Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

verb

• Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
  • usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

• (v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
• (v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
• (v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
• (v.t.) To compliment.
• (v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
• (v.t.) A compliment.
• (v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
• (v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
• (v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
• (v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.

noun

• Capability to perform or produce.
  • usage: "among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism"; "limited runway capacity"; "a great capacity for growth"
• The susceptibility of something to a particular treatment.
  • usage: "the capability of a metal to be fused"
  • synonyms: capability
• The amount that can be contained.
  • usage: "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons"
  • synonyms: content
• The maximum production possible.
  • usage: "the plant is working at 80 per cent capacity"
• A specified function.
  • usage: "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"
• Computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive. (
  • usage: "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes"
• An electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored.
  • synonyms: capacitance, electrical capacity
• The power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior.
  • synonyms: mental ability
• Tolerance for alcohol.
  • usage: "he had drunk beyond his capacity"

• (n.) Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
• (n.) Ability; power pertaining to or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth or talent; possibility of being or of doing.
• (n.) The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.
• (n.) The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling.
• (n.) Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency.

In general, the maximum volume of liquid or gas that can be pumped through a pipeline, or the maximum load that a generating unit or station can carry under specified conditions for a given period of time, or the total storage space or volume of a warehouse or storage container or tank farm.