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loading

loading

4 3.2
The weight a structure or vehicle supports
  • noun
  • /ˈloʊdɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : carga
  • The loading of the cargo ship was optimized to maintain balance and stability during its voyage.
  • loading conditions
  • high loading
  • cyclic loading

It's not designed to handle a constant heat load and it will die.

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Examples

  • The most interesting is the fact that the load floor can change its shape.

  • The items associated with each factor and their factor loadings are reported in Table 2.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The bar is above your midfoot, the load is above your midfoot.

  • So a bridge is a structure that's designed to be able to carry movable loads from one side to another.

  • As seen in Figure 3, when the hydraulic loading rate was increased, the COD removal rate decreased.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Jordan customized a used front-loading packer truck to handle the wet, heavy loads.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The loading on the bridge was carefully calculated to ensure it could support heavy trucks without collapsing.

  • Engineers must consider the weight of the loading when designing structures to prevent failure under stress.

Synonyms

burden
vsloading
482 3.4

A heavy load or something that causes worry and difficulty

refers to physical weight or force carried, not emotional hardship
load
vsloading
278 1.1

An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle

describes weight or force supported by a structure or vehicle
heft
vsloading
14 5.6

The weight you feel when you lift something

measures the supported weight as a force rather than perceived heaviness
deadweight
vsloading
2 5.8

A person or thing that makes work slower

focuses on supported weight or force rather than its effect on movement
dead load
vsloading
  • Specialized
6.9

Permanent weight that a building or bridge has and that does not change

is any supported weight or force, not only permanent self weight

Antonyms

7 2.0

Removing goods from a vehicle like a truck or ship

Compounds

27 3.6

A raised area at a building where trucks stop to load and unload goods

4 3.7

A space for vehicles to stop briefly to load or unload

2 3.0

A place where vehicles stop to pick up or drop off goods and people

Eating a lot of starchy foods before a long race to increase energy stored in muscles

muzzle-loading
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A gun you load by putting gunpowder and shot into the open front of the barrel

wing loading
  • Specialized
1 8.2

The weight of a plane divided by the area of its wings

To eat more foods like bread, pasta or rice before long exercise to increase energy

power loading
  • Specialized
7.2

The weight of a plane compared to its engine power

span loading
  • Specialized
8.5

The weight of a plane for each meter of wing length

How Heavy

overload
30 4.4
loading
  • Specialized
4 3.2
dead load
  • Specialized
6.9

Surface Forms

loading singular
loadings plural

Morphology

loading = load (transparent) = load + ing

The word is a direct noun formation from 'load' with the suffix '-ing', so the supported weight is easy to recover from the base word.

Etymology

Loading comes from the simple word load, which meant 'a heavy thing put on something', and the ending -ing makes it the idea of weight or burden. So in building and vehicle work, loading means the weight or force that the structure or vehicle must carry.