load-bearing
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load-bearing
adjective load bearing
- Able to support a load. 1908, Frederick E. Turneaure, Editor-in-Chief, Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering The different forms of partitions that are not load-bearing will be considered under "Fireproofing."
- Of a physical, digital, procedural etc. component, necessary to the integrity of the system of which it forms a part. The number keeps going up, which has a buoying effect on markets that is, in the short term, good. But every good earnings report further entrenches Nvidia as a precariously placed, load-bearing piece of the global economy.
noun load bearing
- The carrying of loads. The porters, who stand in knots with cords upon their shoulders, bear huge loads; a characteristic of the place is this load-bearing and the size of the burdens.
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adj able to support a load
| Español | de soporte, de carga, sostenedor, aguantacargas, portacargas |
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@misc{load_bearing_2026,
title = {load-bearing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/load-bearing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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