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Meaning of carrying capacity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

Deutsch Tragfähigkeit Transportkapazität
Español capacidad de carga capacidad de persistencia
Suomi kantavuus kantoisuus kantokyky kuljetuskyky
Français capacité biotique capacité de charge capacité de soutien capacité de support capacité limite capacité porteuse
Bahasa Indonesia daya dukung daya muat kapasitas angkat kapasitas dukung
Italiano capacità portante
Polski ładowność obciążalność
Português capacidade de carga
Svenska bärkraft

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

carrying pole carrying the mantle carrying violation carrying-on carrying-pole carryon

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