plural of tributary load

Any load which is nonstatic, such as a wind load or moving live load.

(construction) The total load on a structural system for the most severe combination of loads and forces which it is designed to sustain.

(construction) Any load, as on a structure, that does not change in magnitude or position with time.

(baseball) Having a baserunner on first base, second base, and third base.

(construction) The weight of a structure itself, including the weight of fixtures or equipment permanently attached to it.

(roofing) Temporary load that the roof structure must be designed to support, as required by governing building codes. Live loads are generally moving and/or dynamic or environmental (e.g. people, installation equipment, snow, ice or rain).

(of a gun) Such that ammunition is loaded at the rear of the bore.

(computing, dated) A graphical display shown while a program loads (e.g. from cassette tape), comparable to the splash screen in modern software.

Describing a gun in which the ammunition is loaded at the front of the barrel