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carrying capacity

carrying capacity noun: the number of people or things that a vehicle is designed to carry.

Noun

carrying capacity (plural 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.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 120

carrying capacity meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

carrying capacity in Tamil

தாங்குதிறன், சுமை அளவு, உச்ச இருப்பளவு, தாங்கும் இருப்பளவு

carrying capacity in Malay

number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
kapasiti angkut, kapasiti simpan, kapasiti pembawaan
number of individuals that an environment can support
kapasiti angkut, kapasiti simpan, kapasiti pembawaan

carrying capacity in Indonesian

number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
kapasitas angkat
number of individuals that an environment can support
daya dukung, kapasitas dukung, kapasitas angkat, daya muat

Forms of carrying capacity

pluralcarrying capacities

Words formed from carrying capacity

Questions about carrying capacity

What does carrying capacity mean?
Carrying capacity means the number of people or things that a vehicle is designed to carry.
What is carrying capacity in Tamil?
Carrying capacity in Tamil is தாங்குதிறன், சுமை அளவு, உச்ச இருப்பளவு. See Carrying capacity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carrying capacity?
Carrying capacity is a noun.
What is the plural of carrying capacity?
The plural of carrying capacity is carrying capacities.

Words near carrying capacity in the dictionary

  1. carrying all before one
  2. carrying away
  3. carrying basket
  4. carrying baskets
  5. carrying capacities
  6. carrying capacity
  7. carrying coals to Newcastle
  8. carrying conviction
  9. carrying corn
  10. carrying everything before one
  11. carrying forward

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