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Capability Brown
Capability Brown (Lancelot Brown), 1715-83, English landscape gardener, b. Kirkharle, Northumberland. The leading landscape gardener of his time, he is known for designing gardens that broke with the French formal tradition. He favored a distinctively English style of grandly picturesque, natural-a... Read more
germicide
germicide , chemical substance capable of killing many different types of microorganisms; also called disinfectant . ... Read more
runner
runner or stolon, slender, creeping stem capable of taking root where its nodes touch the ground and thereby producing new shoots. The runner itself usually dies at the end of the season, leaving independent new plants. Among the plants that propagate by means of runners are the strawberry, the... Read more
adjective
adjective English part of speech , one of the two that refer typically to attributes and together are called modifiers. The other kind of modifier is the adverb. Adjectives and adverbs are functionally distinct in that adjectives modify nouns and pronouns, while adverbs typically modify verbs. In ... Read more
aphorism
aphorism , short, pithy statement of an evident truth concerned with life or nature; distinguished from the axiom because its truth is not capable of scientific demonstration. Hippocrates was the first to use the term for his Aphorisms, briefly stated medical principles. Note his famous opening ... Read more
bugle
bugle brass wind musical instrument consisting of a conical tube coiled once upon itself, capable of producing five or six harmonics. It is usually in G or B flat. Its principal use is for military and naval bugle calls, such as taps and reveille, and, in earlier times, for hunting calls. In the ea... Read more
Sir George Cayley
Sir George Cayley 1773-1857, British scientist. He is recognized as the founder of aerodynamics on the basis of his pioneering experiments and studies of the principles of flight. He experimented with wing design, distinguished between lift and drag, formulated the concepts of vertical tail surface... Read more
consent
consent in law, active acquiescence or silent compliance by a person legally capable of consenting (see age of consent ). It may be evidenced by words or acts or by silence when silence implies concurrence. Actual or implied consent is necessarily an element in every contract and every agreement... Read more
crank
crank mechanical linkage consisting of a bar attached to a pivot at one of its ends in such a way that it is capable of rotating through a complete circle about the pivot. One of the principal uses of a crank is to turn reciprocating, or back and forth, motion into rotary motion or vice versa. A be... Read more
Theodore Dwight
Theodore Dwight 1764-1846, American author, b. Northampton, Mass.; brother of Timothy Dwight and grandson of Jonathan Edwards. A leader of the Federalist party in New England, he became famous for his political pamphlets and articles. As one of the younger Connecticut Wits he proved himself a hig... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "capability"

Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC) The Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC) is an effort through which the United...Operators Guide: Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC) Site Facility. Springfield, VA...
negative capability
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature negative capability, a phrase coined by Keats to describe...Dec. 1817); ‘ Negative Capability , that is when man is capable of being...Shakespeare as the prime example of negative capability, attributing to him the ability to...
Nuclear Capability and Nuclear Energy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa NUCLEAR CAPABILITY AND NUCLEAR ENERGY Nuclear proliferation in the greater Middle East...to 1,500 miles), F-16 fighter aircraft with aerial refueling capability, and — perhaps — three diesel submarines purchased...
Capability Brown
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Capability Brown (Lancelot Brown), 1715-83, English landscape gardener, b. Kirkharle, Northumberland. The leading landscape gardener...
Brown, ‘Capability’
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Brown, ‘Capability’ ( Lancelot ) (1715–83) English landscape gardener who revolutionized garden and parkland layout in the...
McNamara, Robert S.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...x201C;cost effectiveness” (capability as a return on investment) over procurement...manned bombers) and bolstering the capability of U.S. nuclear forces to survive...Response , which envisioned U.S. capability of responding to a variety of levels...
Deterrence
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...to the “ 3 Cs ” : capability, communication, and credibility...meet all three criteria to succeed. Capability refers to whether the actor issuing...on the power of the deterring actor. Capability is, generally, the most straightforward...
Self-Efficacy
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...judgments that individuals make about their capability to accomplish tasks and succeed in activities...group ’ s shared belief in its capability to attain goals and accomplish desired...develop collective beliefs about the capability of their students to learn, of their...
Functional Capacity
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health ...CAPACITY Functional capacity refers to the capability of performing tasks and activities that...functional difficulties. Functional capability is most appropriately examined with...help of two or more people. Functional capability can be measured by questions about what...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...thousand targets. In addition to the capability of some UAVs to fire Hellfire missiles...UAV offers day and night surveillance capability and can carry a 330 lbs. Payload while...the intent to develop a crude but UAV capability. One factor limiting these types of...

Dictionary entries related to "capability"

Negative Capability
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis NEGATIVE CAPABILITY Wilfred Bion, having discovered the...analysand's associations. Negative capability is the capacity to tolerate frustration...possessed so enormously. I mean Negative Capability, that is, when a man is capable of...
capability
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x2022; n. ( pl. -ties ) (often capability of doing (or to do ) something ) power or ability: the capability to increase productivity. ∎...performing a specified task: a graphics capability. ∎  forces or resources...
capability architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing capability architecture An architecture that extends...privileged portions of the system. The capability descriptor tells where data is and what...permitted. Examples of systems with capability architecture are the Plessey 250 and...
Capability and Maturity Model
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing Capability and Maturity Model ( CMM ) A five-level model for assessing the capability and maturity of software development organizations. It was developed by Watts Humphrey at the Software Engineering Institute and the first version was released...
Software Capability and Maturity Model
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing Software Capability and Maturity Model See Capability and Maturity Model .
capability list
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing capability list The list of permitted operations that a subject can perform on an object. See object-oriented architecture , capability architecture .
second-strike capability
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military second-strike capability the ability to survive a first strike with sufficient resources to deliver an effective counterblow (generally associated with nuclear weapons).
military capability
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military military capability the ability to achieve a specified wartime objective. It includes four major components: a. ( force structure ) the numbers...
recovery capability
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military recovery capability 1. the ability of a nation or military unit to recover from a nuclear or conventional strike 2. the ability of a military unit...
Federal Computer Incident Response Capability
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet Federal Computer Incident Response Capability A US organization that provides security-related services to federal civilian agencies. Often abbreviated to FedCIRC.

Thesaurus entries related to "capability"

capability
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English capability • noun   1. have the capability to do well | the capability of winning synonyms : ability, capacity, potential, aptitude, faculty, facility, power, competence, efficiency, effectiveness, proficiency, accomplishment...
power
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...xA0; 1. the power to corrupt/inspire synonyms : ability, capability, capacity, potential, potentiality.   2. lose the power of speech synonyms : ability, capability, faculty, competence.   3. the power behind the...
capacity
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...2. have the capacity to do the job synonyms : ability, capability, aptitude, potential, faculty, facility, power, competence...accomplishment, cleverness, intelligence, brains, head. See capability.   3. in his capacity as a teacher synonyms : position...
faculty
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...noun   1. the faculty of speech synonyms : power, capability, capacity, facility, wherewithal, means; ( faculties...contributors synonyms : ability, proficiency, competence, capability, potential, capacity, facility; aptitude, talent, gift...
prowess
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...envied her prowess with a tennis racket synonyms : skill, skillfulness, expertise, expertness, facility, ability, capability, talent, genius, adroitness, adeptness, aptitude, dexterity, deftness, competence, proficiency, know-how, savoir...
mastery
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...sovereignty.   2. admire his mastery of the language synonyms : command, grasp, knowledge, familiarity with, understanding, comprehension, expertise, skill, prowess, proficiency, ability, capability; inf. know-how.
knack
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English knack • noun   synonyms : talent, aptitude, aptness, gift, flair, bent, forte, ability, capability, capacity, expertise, expertness, skill, skillfulness, genius, facility, propensity, dexterity, adroitness, readiness...
flair
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English flair • noun   1. have a flair for languages synonyms : natural ability, ability, aptitude, capability, facility, skill, talent, gift, knack, bent, feel, genius.   2. all the women of the family had flair...
endowment
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...income.   2. natural endowments synonyms : ability, gift, talent, flair, aptitude, genius, attribute, power, strength, capability, capacity, facility, faculty, qualification, characteristic, quality, feature.
competence
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English competence • noun   1. the competence of the player synonyms : capability, ability, capacity, proficiency, adeptness, expertise, skill.   2. the competence of the answer synonyms : adequacy...

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Capability Study Report.
Magazine article from: CircuiTree; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Significant differences in manufacturing capability and product quality were noted among...summarizes the study by reporting the capability and quality data for narrow lines and...various process attributes. Process Capability Panel The process capability panel was...
NZIM ;Management Capability - What it really means Last month's cover story in Management magazine highlighted the need to focus on improving New Zealand's long-term economic and growth performance by lifting business capability. What does that mean?
Newspaper article from: New Zealand Management; 7/6/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Development Jim Anderton, is concerned about how the capability of New Zealand managers stacks up when compared...s be clear about the terminology. Business capability is the overall capability of a business to perform. It includes individual...
Process Capability and Quality.
Magazine article from: CircuiTree; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...cost of the final product. SUPPLIER CAPABILITY AND QUALITY Purchasers of printed circuit...procuring, while keeping in mind the capability of each of their suppliers and the quality...staff in decisions regarding supplier capability and quality. Capability implies the...
Capability Indices Can Deceive
Magazine article from: Manufacturing Engineering; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; While they are widely used to report process capability, process capability indices such as C^sub p^, C^sub pk^, P...almost always misleading. The intent of process capability assessment is to quantify the ability of a process...
Process Capability Indices in Theory and Practice.(Review)
Magazine article from: Technometrics; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Process Capability Indices in Theory and Practice, by...The first purpose is to introduce capability indices to users in industry using...literature review for those researching capability indices. In my opinion, the authors...
US raw steel capability to rise of bottom: AISI. (American Iron and Steel Institute)
Magazine article from: American Metal Market; 1/23/1989; ; 700+ words ; US raw steel capability to rise off bottom: AISI PITTSBURGH--Domestic raw steelmaking capability will increase this year to 115.9 million...in 1988--the low point for production capability at least within the past decade, the American...
Performance implications of capability exploitation and upgrading in international joint ventures.(Survey)
Magazine article from: Management International Review; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Results * This study investigates (l) how capability exploitation and capability upgrading are associated with IJVs' financial...construct describing an IJV) moderate the effect of capability exploitation and upgrading on IJV performance...
Statistical analysis of process capability studies.
Magazine article from: Bulletin of Statistics & Economics; 3/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; Abstract The process capability analysis helps in quantifying the...manufacturing process further if the process capability ratio is less than the recommended...significant factor that affects the process capability can be identified. Initial pilot...
Determining system capability for loss control and custody transfers; the key is a planned evaluation of the measurement systems and procedures.(SPECIAL REPORT: INSTRUMENTS AND NETWORKS)
Magazine article from: Hydrocarbon Processing; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; System capability is a tool applicable for refinery...products, liquids and gases. System capability applies to mass or volume balancing...consistent units. The term system capability may also be defined as the loss-control...
Effects of marketing capability on export performance of gift businesses in Thailand.(Author abstract)
Magazine article from: International Journal of Business Research; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...investigating the effects of marketing capability on export performance of gift businesses in Thailand. Marketing capability is a key determinant of export performance...Here, we attempt to link management capability to export performance by hypothesizing...