loading
3
7.9
- noun
- /ˈloʊdɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
carga alar
- We used a factor loading of 0.30 as the criterion for inclusion in any factor.
- g loading
Examples
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However, a few of the factor loadings were weak in each case.
Academic text (2015) -
Items did not have the same factor loadings in both performances.
Academic text (2015) -
For the wing loading under stress!
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- Gross weight? - 86,000, wing loading of 41 pounds.
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Under flight thrust loading, the engine case was bending and ovalizing.
Academic text (2011) -
The engineers carefully calculated the wing loading to optimize the aircraft's lift capacity.
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With a wing loading of 41 pounds, the airplane demonstrated excellent performance during the test flights.
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To improve flight efficiency, we need to reduce the aircraft's overall loading to ensure better lift.
Synonyms
1
8.2
The weight of a plane divided by the area of its wings
The weight of a plane for each meter of wing length
Compounds
1
4.1
Eating a lot of starchy foods before a long race to increase energy stored in muscles
- Specialized
1
9.1
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Loading comes from load 'weight' plus -ing, and in airplanes it means how the plane's weight relates to the force that lifts it. So loading in aviation tells engineers how weight will affect a plane's lift and performance.