capability
/ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/ noun B2- The power or ability to generate an outcome.
- A digital token allowing a user or process to interact in a specified way with an object that is subject to access control. · A file descriptor can be considered a capability that can only be leveraged using the appropriate system calls, passing it as an argument.
Plural capabilities
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Dantès, struck with the beauty and capability of the little vessel, applied to its owner to transfer it to him, offering sixty thousand francs, upon condition that he should be allowed to take immediate possession.
The European settlers encountered strange flora and fauna that utterly defied the descriptive capabilities of traditional English nomenclature.
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