capacitate
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capacitate (third-person singular simple present capacitates, present participle capacitating, simple past and past participle capacitated)
- (transitive) To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.
- 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
- By this instruction we may be capacitated to observe those errors.
- (transitive, zoology) To alter sperm to allow it to fertilize eggs.
- (transitive, mathematics) To reach maximum throughput on at least part of a constrained network.
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Italian edit
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capacitate
- inflection of capacitare:
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capacitate f pl
Latin edit
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capācitāte
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French capacité, from Latin capacitas.
Pronunciation edit
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capacitate f (plural capacități)
Declension edit
Declension of capacitate
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) capacitate | capacitatea | (niște) capacități | capacitățile |
genitive/dative | (unei) capacități | capacității | (unor) capacități | capacităților |
vocative | capacitate, capacitateo | capacităților |
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capacitate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of capacitar combined with te