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car·ry·ing capacity (kărʹē-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 that a given environment can support without detrimental effects.* * *
Universalium. 2010.