Loading may refer to:
Biology
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Carbohydrate loading
Carbohydrate loading, commonly referred to as carb-loading, or carbo-loading, is a strategy used by endurance athletes, such as marathoners and triathlon, triathletes, to reduce fatigue during an endurance event by maximizing the storage of glyco ...
, a strategy employed by endurance athletes to maximize the storage of glycogen in the muscles
* Creatine loading, a phase of use of
creatine supplements
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Vocal loading, the stress inflicted on the speech organs when speaking for long periods
Engineering
* Application of a
structural load
A structural load or structural action is a mechanical load (more generally a force) applied to Structural engineering#Structural elements, structural elements. A load causes stress (physics), stress, deformation (engineering), deformation, displa ...
to a system
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Disk loading
In fluid dynamics, disk loading or disc loading is the average pressure change across an actuator disk, such as an airscrew. Airscrews with a relatively low disk loading are typically called rotors, including helicopter Helicopter rotor, main ro ...
, the pressure maintained over the swept area of a helicopter's rotor
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Seismic loading
Seismic loading is one of the basic concepts of earthquake engineering which means application of an earthquake-generated agitation to a structure. It happens at contact surfaces of a structure either with the ground, or with adjacent structures, ...
, one of the basic concepts of earthquake engineering
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Wing loading
In aerodynamics, wing loading is the total weight of an aircraft or flying animal divided by the area of its wing. The stalling speed, takeoff speed and landing speed of an aircraft are partly determined by its wing loading.
The faster an airc ...
, the loaded weight of an aircraft divided by the area of its wing
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Loading characteristic, a measure of traffic on a telephone system
* Insertion of an
electrical load
An electrical load is an electrical component or portion of a Electric Circuit, circuit that consumes (active) electric power, such as electrical appliances and Electric light, lights inside the home. The term may also refer to the power Power con ...
into a circuit
** Use of a
loading coil to increase inductance
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Loading (computing), the process in which the contents of a file are read into a computer's memory
Other uses
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Task loading, the number of tasks taken on by a diver
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Loading (TV channel), a Brazilian TV Network focused on pop and geek culture
See also
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Lading
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Load (disambiguation)
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Loaded (disambiguation)
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Loader (disambiguation)
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