wing loading

American  

noun

Aeronautics.

1. loading4

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wing loading British  

noun

1. the total weight of an aircraft divided by its wing area

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Etymology

Origin of wing loading

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

The whole plane weighs only about 3,500 pounds, so what aeronautical engineers call “wing loading,” or force of the air on the wing, is low.

From New York Times

"We have calculated what we need in terms of energy, so that gave us the surface and it gave us the wing loading."

From Scientific American

The need for increased take-off power results from the higher wing loading necessitated by the modern demand for commercial aircraft with higher cruising speeds with reasonable power expenditure.

From Project Gutenberg