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| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | The maximum stocking rate for livestock possible without damaging vegetation or related resources. Carrying capacity may vary from year to year on the same area, due to fluctuating forage production. Used by the government in decisions about how many livestock will be allowed on an allotment on public lands. (references) |
Avian | The maximum number of individuals that can use a given area of habitat without degrading the habitat and without causing social stresses that result in population reduction (McNeely et al. 1990:153). (references) |
Environment | 1. In recreation management, the amount of use a recreation area can sustain without loss of quality. 2. In wildlife management, the maximum number of animals an area can support during a given period. (references) |
Science | The steady-state density of a given species that a particular habitat can support. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CARRYING CAPACITY |
| Specialty definitions using "CARRYING CAPACITY": Plasma Substitutes ♦ Source population, Stocking rate ♦ voyage charterparty. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Loading "dust" (insect spray) into plane of agricultural crop spraying outfit. This particular group of flying insect killers follow the seasons from Florida to Jersey to New York State. Planes are usually old (new planes with sufficient carrying capacity. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Congo | They occasionally stopped civilian vehicles at roadblocks for security checks or pulled over civilian vehicles, usually for traffic violations or for exceeding their legal carrying capacity; however, their precise function was unclear. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "CARRYING CAPACITY": carrying capacity of wagon ♦ debt carrying capacity. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
carrying capacity | 27 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CARRYING CAPACITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tonazh (burden, tonnage), kapacitet për të ngritur një peshë, forcë ngritëse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | товароподемност (burden), пропускателна способност, допустимо натоварване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 載重 (load). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lånemuligheder (borrowing capacity, debt, debt carrying capacity, debt-servicing capacity, service capacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | capaciteit tot het aangaan van schuld (borrowing capacity, debt, debt carrying capacity, debt-servicing capacity, service capacity), leningscapaciteit (borrowing capacity, debt, debt carrying capacity, debt-servicing capacity, service capacity), leningopnemingscapaciteit (borrowing capacity, debt, debt carrying capacity, debt-servicing capacity, service capacity), in staat de schuldendienst te voldoen (borrowing capacity, debt, debt carrying capacity, debt-servicing capacity, service capacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kantavuus (scope). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | capacité hydraulique (channel capacity, discharge capacity, hydraulic capacity, water-carrying capacity), capacité d'endettement (borrowing capacity, debt carrying capacity, debt-servicing capacity, service capacity), capacité d'emprunt (borrowing capacity, debt carrying capacity, debt-servicing capacity, service capacity), capacité de débit (channel capacity, discharge capacity, hydraulic capacity, water-carrying capacity), capacité de charge d'un wagon (carrying capacity of wagon), capacité d'écoulement (channel capacity, discharge capacity, hydraulic capacity, water-carrying capacity), port en lourd (load carrying capacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verschuldungsfähigkeit (borrowing capacity, debt, debt carrying capacity, debt-servicing capacity, service capacity), Tragfähigkeit (burden, load carrying capacity), Kreditaufnahmekapazität (borrowing capacity, debt, debt carrying capacity, debt-servicing capacity, service capacity), hydraulische Gerinnekapazität (channel capacity, discharge capacity, hydraulic capacity, water-carrying capacity), Durchflussvermögen (channel capacity, discharge capacity, hydraulic capacity, water-carrying capacity), Durchflusskapazität (channel capacity, discharge capacity, hydraulic capacity, water-carrying capacity), Anleihekapazität (borrowing capacity, debt, debt carrying capacity, debt-servicing capacity, service capacity), Abflussvermögen (channel capacity, discharge capacity, hydraulic capacity, water-carrying capacity), Abflusskapazität (channel capacity, discharge capacity, hydraulic capacity, water-carrying capacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כושר משא. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | teherbírás (bearing capacity, capacity, strength). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | portata (carload, compass, course, delivery capacity, discharge, flow, importance, range, reach, scope, sweep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arryingcay apacitycay capacidade de transporte. (various references) portanţã. (various references) пропускная способность (capacity, delivery value, reception capacity). (various references) nivo zasićenosti. (various references) capacidad de llevar. (various references) lastförmåga, bärighet (buoyancy, profitability, ultimate bearing resistance). (various references) yük kapasitesi (tonnage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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