Definition of "load" []

• A weight or mass that is supported: the load on an arch. (noun)
• The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces. (noun)
• Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal: a load of firewood. (noun)
• The quantity that is or can be carried at one time. (noun)
• The share of work allocated to or required of a person, machine, group, or organization. (noun)

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• "To examine whether there were any correlations between STM capacity and brain activity levels, we calculated Cowan's K capacity estimates at each load [load* (hits - false alarms)] [21], averaged across emotion conditions, with related beta values extracted from load-sensitive brain areas."
• "Now, gentlemen, let us see what such a train load is equivalent to when it consists of grain."
• "I was not depressed, because very often this means that a load is almost right, but not quite, and with a little tinkering you can get all three shots touching."