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US
/ˈɫoʊdɪŋ/
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[ UK /lˈəʊdɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /lˈəʊdɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift
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a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
the system broke down under excessive loads - goods carried by a large vehicle
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the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.
the loading took 2 hours
How To Use loading In A Sentence
- This young man refuses to work and is freeloading
- Often they were offloading defective goods they could not sell at a shop.
- Martin is a patient teacher and he familiarises us with sailing etiquette and terminology without overloading us with technical information.
- It's Thursday folks, and clearly my "uploading slowly all afternoon" was kiboshed yesterday. Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites
- Are you talking about multiaxial loading close to the axial fatigue limit? or the multiaxial fatigue limit itself? pragtic on Wed, 2010-03-17 12: 17. IMechanica - Comments
- Let's assume someone is loading the revolver properly with the hammer at its half-cock position.
- Half-an-hour later they were launching the canoe and loading up, while the storekeeper made jocular remarks about poor, weak mortals and the contagiousness of "stampedin 'fever. TOO MUCH GOLD
- It is essential that hypoid gears should be lubricated with Omega 690 gear oil suitable for severe loading.
- The extent to which the carrier has to undertake the loading of the vessel may depend not only upon different systems of law but upon the custom and practice of the port and the nature of the cargo.
- Having obtained the metacentric height, reference to a diagram will at once show the whole range of stability; and this being ascertained at each loading, the stowage of the cargo can be so adjusted as to avoid excessive stiffness in the one hand and dangerous tenderness on the other. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
