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load factor

noun

Simple meaning

The percentage of a transportation system's maximum passenger capacity that is actually used.

Pronunciation

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lohdfakter

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈloʊdfæktɚ

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Definition

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noun

  1. transport

    The percentage of a transportation system's maximum passenger capacity that is actually used.

  2. electrical engineeringaeronautics

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

  3. electrical engineering

    The mean load over a given time period divided by the peak load occurring during the same time period, providing a measure of how efficiently an electric system's capacity is being used.

  4. computing

    The proportion of the buckets in a hash table which contain entries.

Word Aura™

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This meaning: (transport) The percentage of a transportation system's maximum passenger capacity that is actually used.

Used this way, load factor is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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