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carrying capacity
car·ry·ing capacity (kăr′ē-ĭng)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 of a given species that the resources available in a given environment can sustainably support.carrying capacity n (Environmental Science) ecology the maximum number of individuals that an area of land can support, usually determined by their food requirements car′rying capac`ity
n. the maximum population of a species that can be supported in a given environment. Symbol: K [1880–85] carrying capacityThe population of living things that an ecosystem can support without impairing its stability.TranslationsCarrying capacity
carrying capacity[′kar·ē·iŋ kə′pas·əd·ē] (ecology) The maximum population size that the environment can support without deterioration. (electricity) The maximum amount of current or power that can be safely handled by a wire or other component. Carrying capacityIn terms of the built and urban environment, refers to the upper limits of development beyond which the quality of human life, health, welfare, safety or community character and identity might be unsustainably altered; a measure of the ability of a region to accommodate growth and development within the limits defined by existing infrastructure and natural resource capabilities. It is a finite quantity that equates to the ecosystem resources of a defined area such as a locality, habitat, region, country, or place.carrying capacityOf an electric cable or wire, same as ampacity.carrying capacity
carrying capacityan estimate of the number of people that a region, a nation, or the planet can sustain.car·ry·ing ca·pac·i·ty (kar'ē-ing kă-pas'i-tē) An estimate of the number of people that a region, a nation, or the planet can sustain. carrying capacity the capacity of a particular habitat with reference to the maximum number of organisms which that habitat can normally support, e.g. the maximum number of wading birds an estuary can support.FinancialSeecapacityAcronymsSeeK |