Lexic.us

Definition of Loading

1. Noun. Weight to be borne or conveyed.

2. Noun. A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time. "The system broke down under excessive loads"

3. Noun. The ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift.

4. Noun. Goods carried by a large vehicle.

5. Noun. The labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.. "The loading took 2 hours"

Definition of Loading

1. n. The act of putting a load on or into.

Definition of Loading

1. Verb. (present participle of load) ¹

2. Noun. The action of the verb '''to load'''. ¹

3. Noun. A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loading

1. a burden [n -S]

Medical Definition of Loading

1. Administration of a substance for the purpose of testing metabolic function. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loading

loadable loadbearing loadcast loaded loaded down loaded down(p) loaded for bear loaded word loaden loadened

loadening loadens loader loaders loadeth loading (current term) loading(a) loading area loading dock loading dose

loading screen loading screens loading space loading spaces loading zone loading zones loadings loadmaster loadmasters loads

Literary usage of Loading

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"It is worth something, you know, to cover the risk at port of loading in Cuba." This is the language of the parties, and it is the essence of the ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Systems of loading.—The comparative advantages of breech-loading and muzzle-loading for ordnance on service are fully discussed in tho article ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"LRA1915C. defendant's road, and he was also the owner of a log loader, and had been for some years engaged in loading his own logs for his own mills, ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"Though the country was poor and unproductive, I succeeded in loading most of the train by nightfall. On the following day, the eighteenth, ..."

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