overload

Examples

• All

• In addition, the No. 6 motor and drive experienced frequent overload shutdowns that interrupted production.

  Academic text (2001)

• Well again the electricity people maintain that the overload originated here, in this building.

  Patrick (1978)

• It was only a matter of time before an overload shut it down.

  The Hunt for Red October (1990)

• Lower transmission line temperature results in lower electricity losses and a lower chance of overload blackout.

  Blog text (32)

• Electrical system overload!

  Innerspace (1987)

• And we started to record an overload in the starboard warp field generator.

  Fiction book (1991)

• People were used to occasional power outages, disturbances in shortwave radio communication, and sometimes an overload in telephone circuits.

  Fiction book (1999)

• During peak usage hours, the generator was at risk of experiencing an overload that could cause a blackout.

• They implemented safety measures to prevent an overload that could damage the wiring in the building.

Synonyms

O

overcurrent

vsoverload

• Specialized

7.5

Relating to an electrical current that is stronger than a circuit can safely carry

describes excessive demand exceeding available power and risking damage

O

overcapacity

vsoverload

5.1

Containing more people than a building or room was made to hold

focuses on electrical demand exceeding available power, not general capacity limits

Antonyms

U

underloaded

5.7

A vehicle or machine carrying less weight than usual

Compounds

I

iron overload

• Specialized

5.8

Too much iron in the body that can damage organs

How Strong

overload

• Specialized

14 4.8

electronic signal

• Specialized

2 3.7

signal level

• Specialized

4.2

faintness

1 5.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology