"load factor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: load factors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} load factor (plural load factors)
  1. (aviation) The acceleration experienced by an aircraft along a given axis at a particular instant in time. Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-load_factor-en-noun-Qu1Bn8Mq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 41 40 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (transport) The percentage of a transportation system's maximum passenger capacity that is actually used. Categories (topical): Transport
    Sense id: en-load_factor-en-noun-M9POTw5c Topics: transport
  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. Categories (topical): Electrical engineering
    Sense id: en-load_factor-en-noun-R8hQNs4i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 41 40 Topics: business, electrical, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  4. (computing) The proportion of the buckets in a hash table which contain entries. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-load_factor-en-noun-QiH2HdmN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 41 40 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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