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Able to support a load.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: business, civil-engineering, construction, engineering, manufacturing, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- 1908, Frederick E. Turneaure, Editor-in-Chief, Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering The different forms of partitions that are not load-bearing will be considered under "Fireproofing."
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:load-bearing.
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Of a physical, digital, procedural etc. component, necessary to the integrity of the system of which it forms a part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
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The carrying of loads.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 1955, National Research Council (U.S.) Building Research Institute, Modular Measure: The Edited Papers and Discussions of a Research Correlation Conference Entitled Modular Coordination: Its Value in Contemporary Building, Conducted by the Building Research Institute Since we do not need walls for load-bearing, the storage walls do not have to have any special thickness.
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
kantava
— able to support a load
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Georgian:
მზიდი
(mzidi)
— able to support a load
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Macedonian:
носечки
(nosečki)
— able to support a load
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Spanish:
de soporte
— able to support a load
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Spanish:
de carga
— able to support a load
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Spanish:
sostenedor
— able to support a load
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Spanish:
aguantacargas
— able to support a load
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Spanish:
portacargas
— able to support a load
