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car·ry·ing capacity (kăr'ē-ĭng)
n.
  1. The maximum number of persons or things that a vehicle or a receptacle can carry: a van with a carrying capacity of 12.
  2. Ecology. The maximum number of individuals that a given environment can support without detrimental effects.

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