capacity vs zip

capacity

noun
  • Capability; the ability to perform some task 

  • A measure of such ability; volume 

  • The maximum amount that can be held 

  • Electrical capacitance. 

  • Mental ability; the power to learn 

  • Legal authority (to make an arrest for example) 

  • The maximum that can be produced. 

  • The ability to hold, receive, or absorb 

  • The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group. 

  • A role; the position in which one functions 

  • A faculty; the potential for growth and development 

adj
  • Filling the allotted space. 

zip

noun
  • Energy; vigor; vim. 

  • The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air. 

  • An ounce of marijuana. 

  • Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”) 

  • Zero; nothing. 

  • A zip fastener. 

  • A trip on a zipline. 

  • A zip file. 

verb
  • To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound. 

  • To close as if with a zip fastener. 

  • To subject to the convolution mapping function. 

  • To make (something) move quickly 

  • To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format. 

  • To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place). 

  • To travel on a zipline. 

  • To close with a zip fastener. 

intj
  • Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air. 

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