underloading
underloading is the present participle and gerund of underload.
Meaning of underload
Verb
underload (third-person singular simple present underloads, present participle underloading, simple past and past participle underloaded)
- To load insufficiently.
- an underloaded aircraft
Noun
underloading (countable and uncountable, plural underloadings)
- the act of loading insufficiently; underutilization of the capacity of something.
- In the above customer example, underloading required 1,772 additional truck loads to shift 1,000,000 tonne material (based on a density factor of 1.8).2020 October 23, “Underloading of trucks costs mines a fortune in lost production every day!”, in Australia's Mining Monthly
- After the first assignment the link loadings are checked manually for overloadings and/or underloadings, and the Trip Classification Table is reassessed.2021, Michael J. Bruton, Introduction to Transportation Planning, Routledge, →ISBN
- Antonyms:
- overloading
Antonyms of underloading
Forms of underloading
| plural | underloadings |
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Questions about underloading
- What does underloading mean?
- Underloading means the act of loading insufficiently; underutilization of the capacity of something.
- What is underloading the present participle and gerund of?
- Underloading is the present participle and gerund of underload.
- What part of speech is underloading?
- Underloading is a noun.
- What is the plural of underloading?
- The plural of underloading is underloadings.
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