Contextualizebeta

overcapacity

noun

Etymology

From over- + capacity.

  1. derived from capācitās
  2. derived from capacite
  3. inherited from capacite
  4. prefixed as overcapacity — “over + capacity”

Definitions

  1. A capacity for the production of a commodity or product that is in excess of what is…

    A capacity for the production of a commodity or product that is in excess of what is needed.

    • In 1959, Ernest Marples became the new Minister of Transport. His business career had been as a road builder and he saw the future in a network of motorways, whereas he believed there was serious overcapacity in the railway network.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overcapacity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA