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Definition of carrying capacity in English: carrying capacitynoun mass noun1The number or quantity of people or things which can be conveyed by a vehicle or container. Example sentencesExamples - In the pre-WWI era many horsecars were replaced with electric trolleys, which still had much lower carrying capacities than a modern train.
- The metro rail for Bangalore will cost around Rs. 80 crores a kilometre and its carrying capacity will be around 20 lakh passengers a day.
- "By 2010 we will have about 6,000 buses and we expect our carrying capacity to increase to 45 lakh passengers a day.
- The next generation of container ships, at 390 metres in length, will be as big as the biggest oil tankers, requiring a draft of 17 metres and with a carrying capacity up to three times that of today's vessels.
- With the 18 trawlermen and four crew on board, the Sea King was at maximum carrying capacity.
- The carrying capacity of each bus will be reduced (by about ten passengers), but as a driver in Henan Province pointed out, the increased passenger security may well benefit business.
- All the trucks have much the same level of performance and carrying capacity.
- So far, only fully tracked vehicles can provide load carrying capacity and cross-country mobility needed to effectively fight the maneuver battle.
- The new Transporter offers more carrying capacity than its predecessor with the maximum load volume available increased from 7.8 cubic metres to 9.3 cubic metres.
- The train will help increase the subway's passenger carrying capacity by 15 per cent.
- Such vehicles are all about carrying capacity, so it's not surprising that, in Britain and further afield, the Grand Voyager is a favourite in the hotel and tourism industry, as well as with large families.
- If it was, why are we now being told that the Combi's carrying capacity and its maintenance make it a financial burden?
- This makes the car hard to get up hills, reduces its carrying capacity, and decreases its safety, since averting accidents sometimes requires the ability to accelerate quickly.
- The order is the largest for one specific type of railway wagon since 1976, and the vehicles can travel at 75 mph with a 100 per cent greater carrying capacity than existing coal wagons.
- Examples include motorcycles, utility trucks or vans with a carrying capacity of more than one tonne, and any other vehicles with a carrying capacity of nine or more occupants.
- The carrying capacity of these vessels is between 1,000 and 4,000 tonnes and up to 5,000 tonnes in the case of Russian vessels.
- ‘It (the ferry) was packed beyond its carrying capacity,’ said Mr Smith, 40.
- 1.1Ecology The number of people, animals, or crops which a region can support without environmental degradation.
Example sentencesExamples - A closely related issue is how to impose a limit on cicada numbers when excess births cause the population to exceed the carrying capacity of the environment.
- With ecological planning, Bulgaria could become the first balanced nation on earth, by linking its population to its carrying capacity and wild environment.
- According to the service, the Yellowstone area has reached its carrying capacity for the large predators.
- Legumes generally improve animal performance and increase carrying capacity of pastures.
- Without key predators, he adds, prey populations grow beyond the ecosystem's carrying capacity and the entire food chain becomes unbalanced.
Definition of carrying capacity in US English: carrying capacitynoun 1The number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container. Example sentencesExamples - ‘It (the ferry) was packed beyond its carrying capacity,’ said Mr Smith, 40.
- The carrying capacity of each bus will be reduced (by about ten passengers), but as a driver in Henan Province pointed out, the increased passenger security may well benefit business.
- Examples include motorcycles, utility trucks or vans with a carrying capacity of more than one tonne, and any other vehicles with a carrying capacity of nine or more occupants.
- "By 2010 we will have about 6,000 buses and we expect our carrying capacity to increase to 45 lakh passengers a day.
- The carrying capacity of these vessels is between 1,000 and 4,000 tonnes and up to 5,000 tonnes in the case of Russian vessels.
- In the pre-WWI era many horsecars were replaced with electric trolleys, which still had much lower carrying capacities than a modern train.
- The next generation of container ships, at 390 metres in length, will be as big as the biggest oil tankers, requiring a draft of 17 metres and with a carrying capacity up to three times that of today's vessels.
- The order is the largest for one specific type of railway wagon since 1976, and the vehicles can travel at 75 mph with a 100 per cent greater carrying capacity than existing coal wagons.
- This makes the car hard to get up hills, reduces its carrying capacity, and decreases its safety, since averting accidents sometimes requires the ability to accelerate quickly.
- Such vehicles are all about carrying capacity, so it's not surprising that, in Britain and further afield, the Grand Voyager is a favourite in the hotel and tourism industry, as well as with large families.
- So far, only fully tracked vehicles can provide load carrying capacity and cross-country mobility needed to effectively fight the maneuver battle.
- All the trucks have much the same level of performance and carrying capacity.
- The new Transporter offers more carrying capacity than its predecessor with the maximum load volume available increased from 7.8 cubic metres to 9.3 cubic metres.
- If it was, why are we now being told that the Combi's carrying capacity and its maintenance make it a financial burden?
- The metro rail for Bangalore will cost around Rs. 80 crores a kilometre and its carrying capacity will be around 20 lakh passengers a day.
- The train will help increase the subway's passenger carrying capacity by 15 per cent.
- With the 18 trawlermen and four crew on board, the Sea King was at maximum carrying capacity.
- 1.1Ecology The number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.
Example sentencesExamples - With ecological planning, Bulgaria could become the first balanced nation on earth, by linking its population to its carrying capacity and wild environment.
- A closely related issue is how to impose a limit on cicada numbers when excess births cause the population to exceed the carrying capacity of the environment.
- Without key predators, he adds, prey populations grow beyond the ecosystem's carrying capacity and the entire food chain becomes unbalanced.
- Legumes generally improve animal performance and increase carrying capacity of pastures.
- According to the service, the Yellowstone area has reached its carrying capacity for the large predators.
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