load·ing (l d ng)n.1. A weight placed on something else; a burden. 2. A substance added to something else; a filler. 3. An addition to an insurance premium. 4. Electricity The addition of inductance to a transmission line to improve its transmission characteristics. |
The process of putting personnel, materiel, supplies and other freight on board ships, aircraft, trains, road vehicles, or other means of conveyance. See also embarkation.
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| Noun | 1. | loading - weight to be borne or conveyed dead load - a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself live load, superload - a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic millstone - any load that is difficult to carry overload - an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power weight - an artifact that is heavy |
| 2. | loading - a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads"trainload - quantity that can be carried by a train |
| 3. | loading - the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its liftratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) power loading - the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its engine power span loading - the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wingspan wing loading - the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wing area |
| 4. | loading - goods carried by a large vehicle merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" |
| 5. | loading - the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.; "the loading took 2 hours"handling - manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something unloading - the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc. |