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live load definition

live load

Engineering any load not constant in its application, as moving traffic, which a bridge or other structure carries in addition to its own weight

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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