Concept cluster: Recreation > Transportation (2)
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administrative loading
n
(military) The loading of troops and equipment so as to make the maximal use of the available space, without regard to tactical considerations such as speed and convenience of unloading.
AEV
n
(transport) article of extraordinary value; any transported item with a value exceeding 100 USD per imperial pound.
air cargo
n
The payload of an aircraft (not counting passengers).
airfreight
n
The amount charged for such transport.
all-up weight
n
(sports) The combined weight of a sportsman and their equipment; especially the weight of a paraglider and its pilot.
article of extraordinary value
n
(transport) A transported item with a value exceeding 100 USD per imperial pound.
axle load
n
(transport, rail transport) the total weight, including load carried, transferred by one axle and its wheels to a road or railway surface. This is especially important in relation to what weight road and railway structures can carry, bridges in particular.
axleload
n
Alternative form of axle load [(transport, rail transport) the total weight, including load carried, transferred by one axle and its wheels to a road or railway surface. This is especially important in relation to what weight road and railway structures can carry, bridges in particular.]
bagload
n
(informal) A large amount.
bale
n
A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.
ball load
n
The weight placed on the towbar of a vehicle by a fully laden trailer, caravan, etc.
baseload
n
The minimum load on a power station over a standard period.
bellyload
n
(colloquial) The amount or number that will fit inside an aircraft.
boxload
n
A load comprising a full box.
breakeven load factor
n
(aviation) The load factor necessary for an airline to break even. It is a function of the percent of seats filled at a particular yield versus the airlines operating costs.
bulk
n
(uncountable, transport) Unpackaged goods when transported in large volumes, e.g. coal, ore or grain.
bulk liquid
n
A liquid that undergoes commercial transportation in large volumes, usually not including petroleum products.
busload
n
The amount that can fit on a bus.
cannonball effect
n
The breaking loose of payload within a shipping container when on transport.
cargoplane
n
A fixed-wing aircraft designed or converted for the carriage of goods, rather than passengers.
carload
n
The contents of an automobile (passengers, supplies, etc.) for one trip.
carrying capacity
n
(transport) The number of people or things that a vehicle is designed to carry.
cartload
n
The amount that a cart can carry.
carton
v
To put in a carton.
caseload
n
The workload of a person or group that handles cases; the relative volume of cases expected to be worked upon.
combat loading
n
(military) Synonym of tactical loading
containerization
n
The process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport.
containerized
adj
Alternative form of containerised [(British spelling) Of freight, packed in a container for transport.]
critical load
n
(ecology) The maximum load that a given system can sustain before it fails.
crush load
n
(transport) A situation in which one or more transit vehicles are carrying the maximum number of passengers that they can physically accommodate without requiring severe contortion of passengers.
dead load
n
(construction) The weight of a structure itself, including the weight of fixtures or equipment permanently attached to it.
deadwood
n
(by extension) Structural material on a load-carrying vehicle that reduces the available cargo space.
design load
n
(construction) The total load on a structural system for the most severe combination of loads and forces which it is designed to sustain.
engine driver
n
(Britain, dated) The person who drives the engine of a train.
freighter
n
(aviation, by extension) An aircraft used mainly to carry freight; a cargo aircraft or cargo plane.
fuel load
n
The amount of combustible material present in a natural environment; a measurement of this.
gas truck
n
A truck designed to store gasoline which is being delivered to gas stations.
gasser
n
More generally, any car or truck that runs on pump gas, as opposed to diesel fuel, racing fuel, or a car with an electric motor.
gross vehicle weight rating
n
The maximum allowable total mass of a road vehicle or trailer when loaded.
gross weight
n
The total weight of a vehicle and its freight, fuel, passengers etc.
groupage
n
The consolidation of several small shipments into a single container
headload
n
A load carried on the head.
hotel load
n
(electrical engineering) The electrical load caused by all systems on a vehicle (especially a marine vessel or a truck) other than propulsion.
jetload
n
As much as can be transported on a jet.
lading
n
(countable) The action of loading.
liftover
n
The distance an item must be lifted in order to load it into a vehicle.
live load
n
(roofing) Temporary load that the roof structure must be designed to support, as required by governing building codes. Live loads are generally moving and/or dynamic or environmental (e.g. people, installation equipment, snow, ice or rain).
load
n
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
load factor
n
(transport) The percentage of a transportation system's maximum passenger capacity that is actually used.
load-and-go
n
(medicine, often attributive) The process of packaging a patient and loading them onto an ambulance to be taken to hospital.
loadout
n
The transfer of an object onto a vessel or vehicle.
loadspace
n
The space in a vehicle designed for the carrying of a load.
loadwise
adv
With regards to a load; in terms of load.
mail
n
(obsolete, rare) A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
mass haul diagram
n
(construction) A diagram illustrating the amounts of material that will be cut from the terrain and used to fill other areas, for example when building a railway.
megacarrier
n
A very large certified airline.
military load class
n
One of the numbered classes in a standard system that categorizes routes, bridges, or rafts according to the load they can carry. Vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the minimum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.
military load classification
n
A standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization system in which a route and aircraft, bridge, or raft is assigned class number(s) representing the load it can carry; vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the maximum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.
netload
n
The amount that fills a net.
overload
n
(automotive) An load of goods above the prescribed carrying weight of the vehicle.
overpack
n
A container intended to hold smaller containers.
overstow
n
The cargo stowed on top of another cargo.
packing
n
Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
palletainer
n
A container that functions as a pallet
payload
n
The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.
payloader
n
A front-end loader.
petrol filling station
n
(Britain) filling station, especially one attached to a supermarket
running load
n
The whole weight of an airplane and its load divided by the span, or length from tip to tip.
shed load
n
A load that has been shed
silo truck
n
(automotive) A commercial truck carrying free-flowing bulk products in its own silo (type of truck)
static load
n
(construction) Any load, as on a structure, that does not change in magnitude or position with time.
stuff
v
(transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
tare
n
The empty weight of a container; unladen weight.
tonnage
n
The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.
trainload
n
(by extension) A large amount.
transloader
n
A vehicle used to transfer goods from one mode of transportation to another.
tributary load
n
(engineering) The accumulation of loads that are directed toward a particular structural member.
trucker bomb
n
(US, slang) A bottle filled with urine and thrown from a motor vehicle, to save the occupant from having to use a rest stop toilet etc.
truckload
n
The contents of a full truck or lorry.
unit load
n
A number of items packaged together, typically placed on a pallet for ease of handling and transport.
vanload
n
The load carried by a van.
warload
n
A warplane's payload of weapons and ammunition.
water carriage
n
Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.
wingloading
n
Alternative form of wing loading [The load carried by unit area of wing]
workload
n
The amount of work that a machine can handle or produce
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