carrying capacity meaning

noun
1. The number of people or weight of goods that a vehicle, etc can convey
2. The maximum number of people or animals that a given area of land can support (ecology)

[Architecture]

Of an electric cable or wire, same as ampacity.

[Electricity]
The maximum amount of current or power that can be safely handled by a wire or other component.

[Electronics]
The ability of a conductor, such as copper wire, to carry current safely (expressed in maximum amperes).

[Medicine]
The protection,preservation,restoration,and rational use of all resources in the total environment.

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1. vertical ultimate carrying capacity of single pile
2. gears-thermal capacity-thermal load carrying capacity
3. theories and methods of water resources carrying capacity
4. transformers; rollers; load carrying capacity 10 t
5. research on regional carrying capacity in xuzhou