carrying capacity
noun
: the maximum population (as of deer) that an area will support without undergoing deterioration
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It's equipped with plenty of pockets and up to 45 liters of carrying capacity.
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Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the wheel valve stems and replace the load carrying capacity modification labels, free of charge.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
In the hybrids, Toyota relocated the big battery from the trunk to beneath the rear seats, so owners don't have to sacrifice carrying capacity for the extra mpg.
—Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 3 Aug. 2023
Advertisement All this is known as carrying capacity.
—Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
By collaborating with Inuit polar-bear hunters, including some in East Greenland, Kristin Laidre of the University of Washington and other researchers are trying to build rapid habitat change into estimates of carrying capacity, which could then be used by regulators to inform polar-bear quotas.
—Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
Additionally, testosterone helps to increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
This is the definition of carrying capacity and our current population appears to be behaving as a healthy stable population.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
The load carrying capacity modification labels are incorrect.
—USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2024
Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the wheel valve stems and replace the load carrying capacity modification labels, free of charge.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
In the hybrids, Toyota relocated the big battery from the trunk to beneath the rear seats, so owners don't have to sacrifice carrying capacity for the extra mpg.
—Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 3 Aug. 2023
Advertisement All this is known as carrying capacity.
—Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
By collaborating with Inuit polar-bear hunters, including some in East Greenland, Kristin Laidre of the University of Washington and other researchers are trying to build rapid habitat change into estimates of carrying capacity, which could then be used by regulators to inform polar-bear quotas.
—Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
Additionally, testosterone helps to increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of red blood cells.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 13 Oct. 2022
This is the definition of carrying capacity and our current population appears to be behaving as a healthy stable population.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
The load carrying capacity modification labels are incorrect.
—USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
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“Carrying capacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrying%20capacity. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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