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Noun: capability  ,key-pu'bi-li-tee
  1. The quality of being capable -- physically, intellectually or legally
    "he worked to the limits of his capability";
    - capableness
     
  2. The susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
    "the capability of a metal to be fused";
    - capacity
     
  3. An aptitude that may be developed
    - capableness, potentiality

Derived forms: capabilities

See also: capable, incapable

Type of: ability, aptitude, susceptibility, susceptibleness

Antonym: incapability

Encyclopedia: Capability