loading
- noun
- /ˈloʊdɪŋ/
- Specialized
- 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.
- It's not designed to handle a constant heat load and it will die.
- Well, when they're under load, they might be performing a feat of strength.
- And, and, and, but it came from the, let's say, aero loads department.
- Yeah, I've always noticed that there are certain muscle groups that are very easy to isolate when under load.
- And so solve that with two bus drivers and, and a bus load full of food and, and a bunch of like minded people.
Examples
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The most interesting is the fact that the load floor can change its shape.
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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.
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So a bridge is a structure that's designed to be able to carry movable loads from one side to another.
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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.
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Engineers must consider the weight of the loading when designing structures to prevent failure under stress.
Synonyms
A heavy load or something that causes worry and difficulty
An amount of things carried at one time, like cargo on a vehicle
The weight you feel when you lift something
A person or thing that makes work slower
Permanent weight that a building or bridge has and that does not change
Antonyms
Compounds
Eating a lot of starchy foods before a long race to increase energy stored in muscles
- Specialized
A gun you load by putting gunpowder and shot into the open front of the barrel
To eat more foods like bread, pasta or rice before long exercise to increase energy
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.