"axle load" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: axle loads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} axle load (plural axle loads)
  1. (transport, rail transport) the total weight, including load carried, transferred by one axle and its wheels to a road or railway surface. This is especially important in relation to what weight road and railway structures can carry, bridges in particular. Wikipedia link: axle load Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Transport Synonyms: axleload Related terms: axle loading, axle weight Translations (total weight transferred by one axle): aksellast [common-gender] (Danish), akselipaino (Finnish), Achslast [feminine] (German), aksellast [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), akseltrykk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), aksellast [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), axeltryck [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-axle_load-en-noun-YJ2bURw6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

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