loading

load·ing  (ldng)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	loading - weight to be borne or conveyed load, burden burthen - a variant of `burden' 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 overburden, overload - an excessive burden 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" load indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity 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 lift ratio - 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 cargo, consignment, freight, lading, shipment, payload, load 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.

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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.

Translations

loading [ˈləudɪŋ] n (COMM) → sobreprima