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It depends on what you mean by capacity:

The amount of water in the ocean would probably be measured in millions of cubic kilometres.

The amount of a chemical substance it can dissolve might be in tons or kilotons - though the amount that can be absorbed safely will be very much smaller - possible only kilograms.

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Q: Which metric unit would you use to measure the capacity of an ocean?
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