load factor

Other forms: load factors

Definitions of load factor
  1. noun
    (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g)
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    type of:
    ratio
    the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
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