Definition

1. Noun:
   • Capacity: The maximum amount that a container or space can hold. This is the primary and most common meaning.
   • Volume: The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or substance. This meaning is often used in technical or scientific contexts.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Dung tích của bình xăng là 50 lít. (The capacity of the fuel tank is 50 liters.)
  • Chiếc xe này có dung tích động cơ 1.5 lít. (This car has an engine displacement of 1.5 liters.)
  • Họ cần tính dung tích của hồ bơi. (They need to calculate the volume of the swimming pool.)

Advanced Usage

• "dung tích chứa": holding capacity, storage capacity.
  • Dung tích chứa của kho hàng rất lớn. (The storage capacity of the warehouse is very large.)
• "dung tích xi-lanh": cylinder capacity (in engines).
  • Xe máy này có dung tích xi-lanh 110cc. (This motorbike has a cylinder capacity of 110cc.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sức chứa (n): Capacity (often for people or vehicles). Focuses more on the ability to hold a number of items/people.
  • Sức chứa của rạp hát là 500 người. (The theater's seating capacity is 500 people.)
• Thể tích (n): Volume. A more purely mathematical/scientific term for the space an object occupies.
  • Công thức tính thể tích hình cầu. (The formula for calculating the volume of a sphere.)

Synonyms

• Khả năng chứa: Capacity (literally "ability to hold").
• Kích thước bên trong: Internal dimensions.

Related Phrases

• Đo dung tích: To measure the capacity/volume.
  • Anh ấy đang đo dung tích của thùng. (He is measuring the capacity of the barrel.)

Related Idioms

Note: "Dung tích" is a technical noun and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions.

1. Capacity