live load
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of live load
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Drive to a shipper or receiver and either "drop and hook" or "live load" or "live unload".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2013
The legs are like towers at each end of a bridge, the backbone is an arched cantilever system suspended from the towers, the chest and abdomen constitute the "live load."
From Time Magazine Archive
And that did not include the 200,000 pounds of additional live load that would be added as passengers filled the cars.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
That every one of the diagonals is subjected to compression at some point or other in the passage of the live load over the bridge, c.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 by Various
The cost of the main girders for one span will vary nearly as the square of the span for any given type of girder and intensity of live load.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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