Carrying capacity

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The number of people or things that a vehicle is designed to carry.
  2. 2
    The 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."

Synonyms

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bagfulbiological limitcarrying capacity conceptenvironmental carrying capacityenvironmental limitload capacity

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"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."

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