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51capacity — ca•pac•i•ty [[t]kəˈpæs ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties, adj. 1) the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity[/ex] 2) the maximum amount or number that can be received or contained; cubic contents; volume: a jug with a capacity of two… …
52mental disability — Any abnormal condition of the mind, regardless of its medical label, which substantially affects mental or emotional processes and substantially impairs behavior controls. Blocker v United States, 116 App DC 78, 320 F2d 800, cert den 375 US 923,… …
53mental illness — a disorder of one or more of the functions of the mind (such as emotion, perception, memory, or thought), which causes suffering to the patient or others. If the sole problem is that the individual s behaviour as a whole is out of line with… …
54capacity — 1. The potential cubic contents of a cavity or receptacle. 2. Power to do. SEE ALSO: volume. [L. capax, able to contain; fr. capio, to take] buffer c. the amount of hydrogen ion (or hydroxyl ion) required to bring about a specific pH change in a… …
55mental — adj. Mental is used with these nouns: ↑ability, ↑activity, ↑age, ↑agility, ↑agony, ↑anguish, ↑arithmetic, ↑asylum, ↑attitude, ↑block, ↑breakdown, ↑calculati …
56mental illness — I insanity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. emotional disorder, personality disorder, neurosis, psychosis, maladjustment, schizophrenia, delusions, phobia, mania, insanity, nervous breakdown. see insanity, phobia, mania III (Roget s Thesaurus… …
57mental handicap — noun a condition in which the intellectual capacity of a person is permanently lowered or underdeveloped to an extent which prevents normal function in society. Derivatives mentally handicapped adverb Usage The terms mental handicap and mentally… …
58mental ability — noun the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior • Syn: ↑capacity • Ant: ↑incapacity (for: ↑capacity) • Hypernyms: ↑ability, ↑ …
59capacity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. content, volume; aptitude, faculty, ability. See size, intelligence, power, business.Ant., incapacity, incompetence. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The limit of contents] Syn. contents, limit, retention,… …
60capacity — Legal qualification (i.e. legal age), competency, power or fitness. Mental ability to understand the nature and effects of one s acts …
