loading

/ˈloʊdɪŋ/
adjective
  1. Relating to the act of putting goods or materials onto a vehicle or container.
    • The loading crew wore safety vests.
    • The loading dock is located at the back of the building.
    • We need to find a loading area for the delivery truck.
noun
  1. The process of putting goods, materials, or equipment onto a vehicle, ship, or container.
    • The warehouse workers are responsible for loading and unloading shipments.
    • The loading of the truck took over an hour.
    • Please wait here until the loading is complete.
  2. The amount of weight or stress placed on a structure, machine, or system.
    • The bridge was designed to handle a heavy loading of traffic.
    • The electrical loading on the circuit should not exceed 15 amps.
    • Engineers calculated the loading on the building's foundation.
  3. The process of transferring data or a program from storage into a computer's memory.
    • The loading of the game took a few seconds.
    • You can speed up the loading of web pages by clearing your cache.
    • The loading screen showed a progress bar.
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