capacity limit
How many allowed
A capacity limit is the maximum amount something can hold or handle.
Venues have capacity limits set by fire codes.
Systems hit capacity limits under heavy load.
The term appears in contexts from engineering to psychology: The server reached its capacity limit, There's a capacity limit to how much stress anyone can take.
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- fullMaximum extent reached
no vacancy · restriction · quota · saturation · bottleneck · crowded · strain · boundary · cutoff · headcount · occupancy · packed · bursting · spillover · headroom · elbow room · squeeze · cap
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- bottleneckschokepoint, congestion, traffic jam, gridlock, narrow passage
- restaurant policiesreservations, dress code, no smoking, tipping, corkage fee
- boat safetylife raft, lifebuoy, life vests, flare, distress signal
- mental limitscognitive load, cognitive overload, mental fatigue, working memory, attention span
- nightclub operationsliquor license, bouncer, cover charge, door policy, last call
capacity limitminimum requirement
minimum threshold · floor · lower limit · baseline · bare minimum
capacity limitno limit
Without a maximum
open-ended · boundless · uncapped · unlimited
capacity limitno limit
Without a maximum
open admission · boundlessness · limitlessness · free entry · open-ended
capacity, limit, capacities, capacious, capacitor, capacitance, incapacity, incapacitate, capable