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overloadSee information overload and overloading. overload [′ō·vər‚lōd] (civil engineering) A load on a structure that is greater than that for which the structure was designed. (electronics) A load greater than that which a device is designed to handle; may cause overheating of power-handling components and distortion in signal circuits. (geology) The amount of sediment that exceeds the ability of a stream to transport it and is therefore deposited. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| They put a stock of candle-ends into the lantern, hung the latter to the off-side of the load, and directed the horse onward, walking at his shoulder at first during the uphill parts of the way, in order not to overload an animal of so little vigour. Sevenpence-halfpenny's worth per week is a good round diet for a child; a great deal may be got for sevenpence-halfpenny, quite enough to overload its stomach, and make it uncomfortable. His note-books impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents; and it may be a question whether machinery does not encumber; whether we have not lost by refinement some energy, by a Christianity entrenched in establishments and forms some vigor of wild virtue. |
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