LOAD FACTOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("load factor" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

Domain category:

aeronautics; astronautics (the theory and practice of navigation through air or space)

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