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n. (attribute) | 1. capability, capableness | the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally.; "he worked to the limits of his capability" |
| ~ associability, associableness | the capability of being easily associated or joined or connected in thought. |
| ~ ability | the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment. |
| ~ defensibility | capability of being defended.; "they built their castles with an eye to their defensibility"; "client complaints create a felt need for the defensibility of individual actions" |
| ~ executability | capability of being executed.; "the job is executable for two million dollars"; "this contract is not executable" |
| ~ capacity | capability to perform or produce.; "among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism"; "limited runway capacity"; "a great capacity for growth" |
| ~ military capability, military posture, military strength, strength, posture | capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war.; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture" |
| ~ operating capability, performance capability | the capability of a technological system to perform as intended. |
| ~ overkill | the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required. |
n. (state) | 2. capability, capacity | the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment.; "the capability of a metal to be fused" |
| ~ resistance | the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents.; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog" |
| ~ susceptibility, susceptibleness | the state of being susceptible; easily affected. |
| ~ activity | (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction.; "catalytic activity" |
n. (cognition) | 3. capability, capableness, potentiality | an aptitude that may be developed. |
| ~ aptitude | inherent ability. |
| ~ perfectibility | the capability of becoming perfect.; "he believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man" |
| ~ grasp, compass, reach, range | the limit of capability.; "within the compass of education" |
| ~ imperfectibility | the capability of becoming imperfect. |
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