Meanings
nouncarrying capacity (plural carrying capacities)
plural carrying capacities
- biologyThe number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support.
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.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 120
Translations
Catalan capacitat de càrrega, capacitat de càrrega
- capacitat de càrreganumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- capacitat de càrreganumber of individuals that an environment can support
Chinese Mandarin 環境承載力 /环境承载力, 環境承載力 /环境承载力
- 環境承載力 /环境承载力 (huánjìng chéngzàilì)number of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- 環境承載力 /环境承载力 (huánjìng chéngzàilì)number of individuals that an environment can support
Danish lasteevne, bæreevne
- lasteevnenumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- bæreevnenumber of individuals that an environment can support
Finnish kuljetuskyky, kantokyky
- kuljetuskykynumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- kantokykynumber of individuals that an environment can support
French capacité de charge, capacité limite
- capacité de chargenumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- capacité limitenumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- capacité de supportnumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- capacité porteusenumber of individuals that an environment can support
- capacité limitenumber of individuals that an environment can support
- capacité de soutiennumber of individuals that an environment can support
- capacité biotiquenumber of individuals that an environment can support
- capacité de supportnumber of individuals that an environment can support
German Transportkapazität, Tragfähigkeit
- Transportkapazitätnumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- Tragfähigkeitnumber of individuals that an environment can support
Indonesian kapasitas angkat, daya dukung
- kapasitas angkatnumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- daya dukungnumber of individuals that an environment can support
- kapasitas dukungnumber of individuals that an environment can support
- kapasitas angkatnumber of individuals that an environment can support
- daya muatnumber of individuals that an environment can support
Italian capacità portante
- capacità portantenumber of individuals that an environment can support
Malay kapasiti angkut, kapasiti simpan
- kapasiti angkutnumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- kapasiti simpannumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- kapasiti pembawaannumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- kapasiti angkutnumber of individuals that an environment can support
- kapasiti simpannumber of individuals that an environment can support
- kapasiti pembawaannumber of individuals that an environment can support
Norwegian Bokmål bæreevne
- bæreevnenumber of individuals that an environment can support
Portuguese capacidade de carga, capacidade de carga
- capacidade de carganumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- capacidade de carganumber of individuals that an environment can support
Romanian capacitate de încărcare, capacitate de susținere
- capacitate de încărcarenumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- capacitate de susținerenumber of individuals that an environment can support
Spanish capacidad de carga, capacidad de persistencia
- capacidad de carganumber of people or things that a vehicle can carry
- capacidad de persistencianumber of individuals that an environment can support
- capacidad de carganumber of individuals that an environment can support
Swedish bärkraft
- bärkraftnumber of individuals that an environment can support
Cite this entry
APA
carrying capacity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrying%20capacity
MLA
“carrying capacity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrying%20capacity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carrying capacity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrying%20capacity.
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