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Payload — may refer to:* Cargo, goods or produce being delivered or transported * Payload (air and space craft), the net carrying capacity of an aircraft or spacecraft (as distinct from throw weight) * Warhead, a payload composed of explosive materials and … Wikipedia
payload — pay‧load [ˈpeɪləʊd ǁ loʊd] noun [countable] TRANSPORT COMMERCE the amount of goods or passengers that are carried by a vehicle or aircraft, measured by their weight, and for which payment is received: • The Federal Express freighters will carry a … Financial and business terms
Payload — bezeichnet: die Nutzlast eines Fahrzeugs die Nutzdaten, die während der Kommunikation zwischen zwei Partnern übertragen werden Software, welche nach der Hardwareinitialisierung beim Start eines Computers ausgeführt wird, um danach die Kontrolle… … Deutsch Wikipedia
payload — index cargo Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
payload — (n.) 1930, from PAY (Cf. pay) (n. or v.) + LOAD (Cf. load) (n.). Originally the part of an aircraft s load from which revenue is derived (passengers, cargo, mail); figurative sense of bombs, etc. carried by a plane or missile is from 1936 … Etymology dictionary
payload — ► NOUN 1) the part of a vehicle s load which earns revenue; passengers and cargo. 2) an explosive warhead carried by an aircraft or missile. 3) the load carried by a spacecraft … English terms dictionary
payload — [pā′lōd΄] n. 1. a cargo, or the part of a cargo, producing income 2. a) a load that consists of anything carried by an aircraft, rocket, etc. that is not essential to its flight operations, including warheads, spacecraft, or passengers b) the… … English World dictionary
payload — That part of the useful load of an aircraft that is over and above the load necessary for the operation of the vehicle. It includes the commercial load of a civil aircraft and armament carried on board a military aircraft. The proportion of fuel… … Aviation dictionary
payload — pay|load [ˈpeıləud US loud] n 1.) [U and C] the amount of goods or passengers that can be carried by a vehicle, or the goods that a vehicle is carrying →↑cargo payload of ▪ The helicopter is designed to carry a payload of 2640 pounds. 2.) the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
payload — [[t]pe͟ɪloʊd[/t]] payloads 1) N VAR The payload of an aircraft or spacecraft is the amount or weight of things or people that it is carrying. [TECHNICAL] With these very large passenger payloads one question looms above all others safety. Syn:… … English dictionary
payload — UK [ˈpeɪˌləʊd] / US [ˈpeɪˌloʊd] noun Word forms payload : singular payload plural payloads 1) [countable] the amount of a substance that causes an explosion which a missile contains 2) [countable] the equipment or people in a space vehicle 3)… … English dictionary
