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carrying capacity

Syllabification: (car·ry·ing ca·pac·i·ty)
Definition of carrying capacity

noun

  • the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container.
  • Ecology the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.

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