capaciousness

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capaciousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Capaciousness \Ca*pa"cious*ness\, n.
     The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a
     bay, the mind, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

capaciousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  capaciousness
      n 1: intellectual breadth; "the very capaciousness of the idea
           meant that agreement on fundamentals was unnecessary"; "his
           unselfishness gave him great intellectual roominess" [syn:
           capaciousness, roominess]
      2: spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a
         building); "the capaciousness of Santa's bag astounded the
         child"; "roominess in this size car is always a compromise";
         "his new office lacked the spaciousness that he had become
         accustomed to" [syn: capaciousness, roominess,
         spaciousness, commodiousness]