load factor in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for load factor in the English»French Dictionary

load factor N

1. load factor ELEC:

load factor

facteur m d'utilisation

2. load factor AVIAT:

load factor

coefficient m de remplissage

Translations for load factor in the English»French Dictionary

I.factor [Brit ˈfaktə, Am ˈfæktər] N

1. factor (gen) MATH:

factor

facteur m

to rise by a factor of (gen) MATH

être multiplié par

common factor (gen)

point m commun

common factor MATH

facteur commun

human factor

élément m humain

unknown factor

inconnue f

plus factor

atout m

factor of safety TECH

coefficient m de sécurité

protection factor (of suntan lotion)

indice m de protection

2. factor COMM:

factor (agent)

courtier m

factor (of debts)

facteur m

3. factor (of commodities):

factor

commissionnaire m

4. factor Scot (estate manager):

factor

régisseur m

II.factor [Brit ˈfaktə, Am ˈfæktər] VB trans Am

factor MATH → factorize

III.factor [Brit ˈfaktə, Am ˈfæktər] VB intr COMM

factor

agir en tant qu'agent à la commission

See also factorize

factorize [Brit ˈfaktərʌɪz, Am ˈfæktəˌraɪz] VB trans MATH

factorize

mettre [qc] en facteurs

I.load [Brit ləʊd, Am loʊd] N

1. load:

load (sth carried)

charge f

load (on vehicle, animal)

chargement m

load (on ship, plane)

cargaison f

load fig

fardeau m

a lorry shed its load on the motorway today

aujourd'hui un camion a déversé tout son chargement sur l'autoroute

to have a heavy load to bear fig

avoir un lourd fardeau à porter

to take a load off sb's mind

soulager qn (d'un grand poids)

it's a load off my mind

je me sens soulagé

a bus-load of children

un autobus plein d'enfants

a whole plane-load of passengers filled the departure lounge

la salle d'embarquement de l'aéroport était remplie de passagers

2. load (weight):

load TECH, MECH

charge f (on sur)

this beam has a load of 10 tons

cette poutre a une charge limite de 10 tonnes

do not exceed maximum load

ne pas dépasser la charge maximum

3. load (shipment, batch):

load (of sand, gravel etc)

cargaison f

load (of cement)

fournée f

I've done four loads of washing this morning

j'ai fait quatre machines de linge ce matin

4. load ELEC:

load

charge f

5. load (amount of work):

load fig

travail m

we must lighten the load of young doctors

nous devons alléger le travail des jeunes médecins

fig let's try and spread the load

essayons de répartir le travail à faire

6. load (a lot):

a load or a whole load of people/books

des tas de gens/livres inf

a load or a whole load of people/books

des quantités de gens/livres

II.loads N

loads npl inf:

loads of people/photos/flowers

des tas de gens/photos/fleurs inf

we've got loads of time

nous avons tout notre temps or largement le temps

there was loads of champagne

il y avait du champagne en quantité

we had loads to drink

on n'a pas arrêté de boire

I've seen/done it loads of times before

je l'ai vu/fait je ne sais pas combien de fois

to have loads of energy

avoir de l'énergie à revendre

to have loads of work

avoir un travail fou inf

to have loads of money

être plein aux as inf

to have loads of money

être bourré de fric inf

III.load [Brit ləʊd, Am loʊd] VB trans

1. load (gen):

load vehicle, ship, donkey, gun, washing machine

charger (with de)

to load a camera

mettre un film dans un appareil photo

to load the luggage into the car

charger les bagages dans la voiture

2. load COMPUT:

load program

charger

3. load ELEC:

load system

surcharger

4. load (add charge to):

load insurance premium

majorer

5. load (inundate, give generously) fig:

to load sb with presents, honours

combler or couvrir qn de

6. load (tamper with):

load dice

piper

to load the dice against sb fig

truquer les cartes contre qn

IV.load [Brit ləʊd, Am loʊd] VB intr

load

charger

V.load [Brit ləʊd, Am loʊd]

get a load of this! (listen)

écoute un peu ça! inf

get a load of that! (look)

vise un peu ça! inf

that's a load of old rubbish inf or nonsense or crap sl or cobblers sl

c'est de la blague inf

that's a load of old rubbish inf or nonsense or crap sl or cobblers sl

c'est de la foutaise inf

load factor in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for load factor in the English»French Dictionary

factor [ˈfæktəʳ, Am -tɚ] N

factor

facteur m

the human factor

le facteur humain

I.load [ləʊd, Am loʊd] N

1. load (amount carried):

load

charge f

to take a load of sth

prendre beaucoup de qc

a ship with a full load of passengers

un paquebot rempli de passagers

2. load (burden):

load

poids m

that's a load off sb's mind

qn a l'esprit soulagé

3. load (amount of work):

a heavy/light load of work

beaucoup/peu de travail

to lighten the load

rendre la vie plus facile

to share the load

partager la besogne

4. load inf (lots):

a load of sth

un tas de qc

what a load of rubbish!

que de sornettes!

Phrases:

get a load of this! inf

regarde/écoute un peu ça!

II.load [ləʊd, Am loʊd] VB trans

1. load AUTO, COMPUT, MIL:

load

charger

2. load (burden):

to load sb with sth

accabler qn de qc

3. load TECH:

load film , software

charger

load camera

armer

load cassette

insérer

Phrases:

to load the dice

piper les dés

to load the dice in favour of/against sb/sth

tricher dans le but de favoriser/desservir qn/qc

III.load [ləʊd, Am loʊd] VB intr

load

se charger

load lorry

prendre un chargement

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

As airlines have become more ruthless -- cutting routes and flights, overbooking existing flights -- the load factor has risen virtually every year.

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The design load factor is 3.8 g, with an ultimate load of 5.7 g.

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This is closely related to the load factor which is the average load divided by the peak load in a specified time period.

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The two wing spars were redesigned to withstand a higher load factor of 10 versus 8.

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These transformers typically run 24 hours a day and at a low load factor (average load divided by nominal load).

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On the other hand, peak load generators, such as natural gas, have low fixed costs, low plant load factor and high marginal costs.

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