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dead load

noun

, Engineering.
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dead load

noun

  1. the intrinsic invariable weight of a structure, such as a bridge. It may also include any permanent loads attached to the structure Also calleddead weight Compare live load
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dead load1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Example Sentences

In a three-span bridge the theoretical advantage of continuity is about 49% for a dead load and 16% for a live load.

The four cables support a dead load of 7140 tons and a live load of 4017 tons.

All large beams support a uniform dead load consisting of their own weight.

The effect of dead load on a wooden beam may be two or more times that produced by an immediate load of the same weight.

Litvinov would have flown into a rage, but for a dead load lying on his heart.

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