# plate is full (capacity)

*Ordinarily means:* I don't have room for any more tasks or responsibilities.

A container that can hold no further items because its boundary has been reached, though the container itself persists.

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: emergence

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [capacity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-capacity.size), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [container](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-container.object), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue)

**Through:** add

**Novel properties:**
- full.state

## Examples
- The 2021 Facebook outage left its servers unable to process login requests after the DNS system hit maximum capacity. *(computing)*
- Tokyo's Haneda Airport reached its hourly flight limit of 84 operations, halting further takeoff and landing clearances. *(engineering)*
- The U.S. debt ceiling was hit in January 2023, preventing additional Treasury borrowing until Congress acted. *(institutions)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-plate-is-full.capacity*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-plate-is-full.capacity.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*