"capacitation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: capacitations [plural]
Etymology: From capacitate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kap-|id=seize}}, {{suffix|en|capacitate|ion}} capacitate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} capacitation (countable and uncountable, plural capacitations)
  1. Enablement; giving the capacity to do something. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (enablement): upoważnienie [neuter] (Polish), pełnomocnictwo [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-capacitation-en-noun-ZE3jJHWJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'enablement': 96 4
  2. (zoology) The process of altering sperm to allow them to fertilize eggs. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process of altering sperm): 獲能 /获能 (huònéng) (Chinese Mandarin), kapacytacja [feminine] (Polish), kapacitering [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-capacitation-en-noun-oWI78y0F Categories (other): Zoology Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'process of altering sperm': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: decapacitation

Inflected forms

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