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functional loads

functional loads is the plural of functional load.

Meaning of functional load

Noun

functional load (countable and uncountable, plural functional loads)

  1. Targeted exposure of an implement or organ to stimuli or other straining it is supposed or being tested to tolerate.
    • Here we studied serotoninergic innervation of visceral organs during functional load and under pathological conditions.2004, A. E. Lychkova, “Serotoninergic Nervous System of the Heart and Abdominal Organs during Functional Load and Pathology”, in Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine volume, volume 137, page...
    Synonyms:
    functional performance, functional loading
  2. A measure of how much a difference between phonemes disambiguates between different words.
    • The difference between voiced and voiceless TH in English bears a low functional load.

Questions about functional loads

What is functional loads the plural of?
Functional loads is the plural of functional load.

Words near functional loads in the dictionary

  1. functional graphs
  2. functional group
  3. functional groups
  4. functional linguistics
  5. functional load
  6. functional loads
  7. functional magnetic resonance imaging
  8. functional magnetic-resonance imaging
  9. functional medicine
  10. functional MR imaging
  11. functional music

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