TRANSPORTthenumberofpayingpassengersinrelationto thenumberofseatsavailableon aplaneduring aparticularperiod:Theincreasedprofitabilityfor the lastquarterreflectsarisein theaveragepassengerloadfactoron Virgin Atlantic Airwaysflights.TRANSPORT,PRODUCTIONtherelationshipbetween theactualamountsomething iscarrying,producing, etc. and thetotalpossibleamountCompareadjustment factorcapacity factor(Definition ofload factorfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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load factorThe designloadfactoris 3.8 g, with an ultimate load of 5.7 g.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The loss factor is often confused withloadfactor, but the formulas for each term vary.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the first year of operation (2006) the airport handled 2,697,000 passengers with an averageloadfactorof 61.1%.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The two wing spars were redesigned to withstand a higherloadfactorof 10 versus 8.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Averageloadfactor, in transit systems, is the ratio of the total number of riders to the total theoretical capacity.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theloadfactoris usually expressed as a percentage.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is closely related to theloadfactorwhich is the average load divided by the peak load in a specified time period.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The goal would be for the power supply system to see aloadfactorof 1.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A highloadfactormeans power usage is relatively constant.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Structural strength was specified as well, including aloadfactorof 6 while at high angle of attack, and 4 while in a glide.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/load-factor##
