com·pe·tence
? ?/?k?mp?t?ns/ Show Spelled[kom-pi-tuhns] Show IPA
–noun
1.
the quality of being competent; adequacy; possession of required skill, knowledge, qualification, or capacity: He hired her because of her competence as an accountant.
2.
sufficiency; a sufficient quantity.
3.
an income sufficient to furnish the necessities and modest comforts of life.
4.
Law . (of a witness, a party to a contract, etc.) legal capacity or qualification based on the meeting of certain minimum requirements of age, soundness of mind, citizenship, or the like.
5.
Embryology . the sum total of possible developmental responses of any group of blastemic cells under varied external conditions.
6.
Linguistics . the implicit, internalized knowledge of a language that a speaker possesses and that enables the speaker to produce and understand the language. Compare performance ( def. 8 ) .
7.
Immunology . immunocompetence.
8.
Geology . the ability of a fluid medium, as a stream or the wind, to move and carry particulate matter, measured by the size or weight of the largest particle that can be transported.
