carrying capacity

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carrying capacity

noun carrying capacities

  1. The number of people or things that a vehicle is designed to carry.
  2. The number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support. With their populations adjusted to the carrying capacity of the environment, hunters and gatherers rarely starve, for they are not dependent on the fortunes of a single crop.

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noun number of people or things that a vehicle can carry

Españolcapacidad de carga
中文環境承載力 /环境承载力 huánjìng chéngzàilì
Portuguêscapacidade de carga
Françaiscapacité de charge, capacité limite, capacité de support
DeutschTransportkapazität
Românăcapacitate de încărcare

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@misc{carrying_capacity_2026,
  title = {carrying capacity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carrying%20capacity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}