load line
11LOAD-LINE — line painted on the outside of a vessel to mark the extreme of immersion in loading her with a cargo …
12Load line (electronics) — A load line is used in graphic analysis of circuits, representing the constraint other parts of the circuit place on a non linear device, like a diode or transistor. A load line represents the response of a linear circuit to which the nonlinear… …
13load-line mark — /lohd luyn /, Naut. any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line. Also called Plimsoll mark. * * * …
14load-line mark — /lohd luyn /, Naut. any of various marks by which the allowable loading and the load line at load displacement are established for a merchant vessel; a load line. Also called Plimsoll mark …
15load line certificate — See international load line certificate …
16load line mark — noun see load line 1b …
17load line — Naut. 1. Also called Plimsoll line. any of various lines marked on the sides of a cargo vessel to indicate the depth to which a vessel may be immersed under certain conditions. Cf. freeboard (def. 1a). 2. the line made by the surface of the water …
18load line — One of a series of lines marked on the hull of a ship to show the extent to which the hull may be immersed in the water. Originally introduced by Samuel Plimsoll MP in 1874 and running right round the hull, the Plimsoll Line made a great… …
19load line — /ˈloʊd laɪn/ (say lohd luyn) noun 1. Nautical one of several lines on the side of a ship, as the Plimsoll line, established by statute and indicating the maximum legal draught for a certain set of conditions. 2. Electronics a line drawn on a… …
20load line — noun Date: circa 1859 the line on a ship indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when properly loaded see Plimsoll mark illustration …
