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SPAN LOADING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does span loading mean?
• SPAN LOADING (noun)
The noun SPAN LOADING has 1 sense:
1. the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wingspan
Familiarity information: SPAN LOADING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wingspan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("span loading" is a kind of...):
loading (the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift)
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