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carrying capacity
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car·ry·ing capacity (kr-ng)
n.
1. The maximum number of persons or things that a vehicle or a receptacle can carry: a van with a carrying capacity of 12.
2. Ecology The maximum number of individuals that a given environment can support without detrimental effects.
carrying capacity
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) Ecology the maximum number of individuals that an area of land can support, usually determined by their food requirements
carrying capacity  (kr-ng)
The maximum population of a particular organism that a given environment can support without detrimental effects.


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