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Definition of Payload
1. Noun. The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents.
Specialized synonyms: Atomic Warhead, Nuclear Warhead, Nuke, Thermonuclear Warhead
Generic synonyms: Explosive
Group relationships: Guided Missile
Derivative terms: Load
2. Noun. Goods carried by a large vehicle.
Generic synonyms: Merchandise, Product, Ware
Derivative terms: Freight, Lade, Load, Load, Ship
Definition of Payload
1. Noun. That part of a cargo that produces revenue ¹
2. Noun. The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment(,) and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft ¹
3. Noun. That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger(,) or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite. ¹
4. Noun. (computing) The functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it ¹
5. Noun. (communication) The actual data in a data stream ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Payload
1. the part of a cargo producing income [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Payload
Literary usage of Payload
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. U. S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's edited by Christopher Cox (1999)
"payload preparation and handling is an area where procedures do differ, since
satellites often require a complex checkout sequence before launch which ..."
2. Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (2006)
"Once the payload is within the payload fairing, it is under continuous conditioned
air or gaseous nitrogen purge, which means that a positive pressure ..."
3. Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident by Southgate Publishers, DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The payload bay doors remained latched. All landing gear were up and locked, all
doors remained closed and locked, and the remote manipulator system and ..."
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