carrying capacity

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === carrying capacity (plural carrying capacities) (transport) The number of people or things that a vehicle is designed to carry. (ecology) The number of individuals of a particular species that an environment can support. ==== Derived terms ==== K (the standard abbreviation) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== biocapacity ecological footprint overshoot === Further reading === carrying capacity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia