"loading" meaning in English

See loading in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈləʊ.dɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈloʊ.dɪŋ/ [US], /ˈləʉ.dɪŋ/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-loading.ogg Forms: loadings [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊdɪŋ, (US) -oʊdɪŋ Etymology: By surface analysis, load + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|load|-ing}} By surface analysis, load + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} loading (countable and uncountable, plural loadings)
  1. (countable, uncountable) The process by which something is loaded. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process by which something is loaded): натоварване (natovarvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pålæsning [common-gender] (Danish), læsning [common-gender] (Danish), optagning [common-gender] (Danish), lastaus (Finnish), lastaaminen (english: cargo) [usually] (Finnish), chargement [masculine] (French), charge [feminine] (French), Ladung [feminine] (German), Laden [neuter] (German), φόρτωση (fórtosi) [feminine] (Greek), lasting [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lasting [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lastning (english: cargo) [common-gender] (Swedish), laddning (english: ammunition) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-loading-en-noun-ENN7oKPd Disambiguation of 'process by which something is loaded': 95 2 2 1
  2. (countable) A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied. Tags: countable Translations (electrical current or power supplied): kuorma (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-loading-en-noun-tDtZAPF5 Disambiguation of 'electrical current or power supplied': 2 76 21 2
  3. (Australia, industrial relations, countable) An hourly pay rate given to a casual employee which is higher than the equivalent full-time or part-time employee's rate, usually paid to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave. Tags: Australia, countable Translations (hourly pay rate): 臨時工補薪 (Chinese Mandarin), 临时工补薪 (línshígōng bǔxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), lisätuntipalkka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-loading-en-noun-HR64kovW Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 49 3 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 6 23 49 8 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 19 63 4 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 29 51 4 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 29 56 3 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 19 58 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 3 15 74 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 18 62 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 19 56 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 20 58 5 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 20 53 8 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 19 62 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 6 19 59 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 21 69 1 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 18 63 4 10 Disambiguation of 'hourly pay rate': 1 2 97 1
  4. A weighting or bias. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (weighting or bias): painotus (Finnish), vaikutus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-loading-en-noun-BlCJFg6q Disambiguation of 'weighting or bias': 1 1 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: eager loading, lazy loading, preloading

Verb

IPA: /ˈləʊ.dɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈloʊ.dɪŋ/ [US], /ˈləʉ.dɪŋ/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-loading.ogg
Rhymes: (UK) -əʊdɪŋ, (US) -oʊdɪŋ Etymology: By surface analysis, load + -ing. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|load|-ing}} By surface analysis, load + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} loading
  1. present participle and gerund of load Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: load Derived forms: command-loading, front-loading, muzzle-loading, self-loading, slot-loading disc drive
    Sense id: en-loading-en-verb-3yfEGTUT

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The loading on the generators peaks during the early evening.",
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          "ref": "1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:",
          "text": "Comparing both Regions' 1959 services against those of 1939 an appreciable deceleration is evident. This was due to increased loadings, even though more trains were being run, while on the W.R. in particular the increased volume of freight traffic over the line shared the blame.",
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        "(countable) A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied."
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          "ref": "2013, H. J. Eysenck, Experiments in Personality, volume 2, page 238:",
          "text": "We may note with some surprise that the hysteria scale has a positive loading on this factor, i.e. is situated towards the normal rather than the neurotic end.",
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      "word": "loading zone"
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      "word": "snatch loading"
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      "word": "tactical loading"
    },
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      "word": "top-loading"
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      "word": "trade loading"
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      "word": "wing loading"
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        "The process by which something is loaded."
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          "text": "The loading on the generators peaks during the early evening.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:",
          "text": "Comparing both Regions' 1959 services against those of 1939 an appreciable deceleration is evident. This was due to increased loadings, even though more trains were being run, while on the W.R. in particular the increased volume of freight traffic over the line shared the blame.",
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        "(countable) A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied."
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        "countable"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "An hourly pay rate given to a casual employee which is higher than the equivalent full-time or part-time employee's rate, usually paid to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave."
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        "A weighting or bias."
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      "ipa": "/ˈloʊ.dɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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        "neuter"
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      "sense": "process by which something is loaded",
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      "word": "lastaus"
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      "english": "cargo",
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      "sense": "process by which something is loaded",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "chargement"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "process by which something is loaded",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "charge"
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      "sense": "process by which something is loaded",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "process by which something is loaded",
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      "sense": "process by which something is loaded",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "process by which something is loaded",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "sv",
      "english": "cargo",
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      "sense": "process by which something is loaded",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "lastning"
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      "code": "sv",
      "english": "ammunition",
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      "sense": "process by which something is loaded",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "electrical current or power supplied",
      "word": "kuorma"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "hourly pay rate",
      "word": "臨時工補薪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "línshígōng bǔxīn",
      "sense": "hourly pay rate",
      "word": "临时工补薪"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hourly pay rate",
      "word": "lisätuntipalkka"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "weighting or bias",
      "word": "painotus"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "weighting or bias",
      "word": "vaikutus"
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}

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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
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    {
      "word": "command-loading"
    },
    {
      "word": "front-loading"
    },
    {
      "word": "muzzle-loading"
    },
    {
      "word": "self-loading"
    },
    {
      "word": "slot-loading disc drive"
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈloʊ.dɪŋ/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈləʉ.dɪŋ/",
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      "rhymes": "(US) -oʊdɪŋ"
    }
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}

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