load term
1Load testing — is the process of creating demand on a system or device and measuring its response.In mechanical systems it refers to the testing of a system to certify it under the appropriate regulations (LOLER in the UK Lifting Operations and Lifting… …
2load line — noun waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded • Syn: ↑Plimsoll line, ↑Plimsoll mark, ↑Plimsoll • Hypernyms: ↑waterline, ↑water line, ↑water level * * * noun …
3Load Factor — The ratio of average energy demand (load) to maximum demand (peak load) during a specific period. The ratio of the average load supplied to the peak or maximum load during a designated period. Load factor, in percent, also may be derived by… …
4load — an external force. The term load is sometimes used to describe more general actions such as temperature differentials or movements such as foundation settlements. concentrated load distributed load vertical load …
5load — 1) vb Australian to plant (someone) with illicit drugs or stolen goods, or to frame by manufactur ing evidence. A term from the Australian criminal milieu which was first recorded in the 1930s and is still in use. The noun form is occasionally… …
6(load of) baloney — This term refers to idle talk, or pretentious, untrue or insincere statements that nobody can believe. That s a load of baloney! I don t believe a word of it! …
7load up — vb American to take illicit drugs. A campus and high school term of the late 1970s. Listen, if you re loading up, that s it between us …
8load line — noun another term for Plimsoll line …
9load·ed — /ˈloʊdəd/ adj 1 not used before a noun informal : very rich His parents are loaded. 2 a of a gun : having bullets inside a loaded rifle/pistol He said he didn t know the gun was …
10allostatic load — term coined as a more precise alternative to the term stress, used to refer to environmental challenges that cause an organism to begin efforts to maintain stability (allostasis) …
