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capacity

In economics, the maximum amount that can be produced when all the resources in an economy, industry, or firm are employed as fully as possible. Capacity constraints can be caused by lack of investment and skills shortages, and spare capacity can be caused by lack of demand.

capacity

Alternative term for volume, generally used to refer to the amount of liquid or gas that may be held in a container. Units of capacity include litre and millilitre (metric); pint and gallon (imperial).



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The investigators also measured lung function using tests for forced vital capacity (FVC), the maximum volume of air that a person can exhale after maximum inhalation, and diffusion capacity, a measurement of the lung's capacity to transfer gases.
The ratio of forced expiratory volume to forced vital capacity was highest for archers and shooters (83.
In comparing the two groups' medical records and multiphasic exam results, they found that forced vital capacity and blood levels of uric acid, a breakdown product of nucleic acid metabolism, emerged as two of of hypertension's most predictive risk factors.
 
 
 
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