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Dead load   /dɛd loʊd/   Listen
Dead load

noun
1.
A constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself.





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... hell may, indeed, in some desperate cases, like the moxa, give the first rouse from a moral lethargy, or like the green venom of copper, by evacuating poison or a dead load from the inner man, prepare it for nobler ministrations and medicines from the realm of light and life, ...
— Literary Remains, Vol. 2 • Coleridge


Words linked to "Dead load" :   load, burden, loading


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