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
The four cables support a dead load of 7140 tons and a live load of 4017 tons.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
For the maximum positive bending in any panel the full load on that panel was considered, there being no live load on adjoining panels.
From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward
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