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Load factor
 
  Load factor may refer to:

  • Capacity factor
    Capacity factor

    The net capacity factor of a power plant is the ratio of the actual output of a power plant over a period of time and its output if it had operated at full Intermittent power source#Terminology the entire time....
    , the ratio of the actual output of a power plant over a period of time and its output if it had operated a full capacity of that time period
  • Load factor (aerodynamics)
    Load factor (aerodynamics)

    Load factor is the ratio of the lift on an aircraft to the weight of the aircraft. The load factor is expressed in multiples of g where one g represents conditions in straight and level flight....
    , n, is the vector expressed by the ratio of the resulting mass force acting on an aircraft and the weight of the aircraft, where W is the weight of the aircraft and Fi is the inertia force
  • Load factor (transportation), the ratio of revenue passenger mile
    Revenue passenger mile

    Revenue passenger miles is a measure of a passenger traffic for an airline flight, bus, or train calculated by multiplying the total number of revenue-paying passengers aboard the vehicle by the distance traveled measured in miles....
    s to available seat miles
    Available seat miles

    Available seat miles is a measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity. It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles flown....
     of a particular transportation operation (ie, a flight, a train, etc).
  • Load factor (computer science), the ratio of the number of records to the number of addresses or indexes within a data structure, see hash table
    Hash table

    In computer science, a hash table, or a hash map, is a data structure that associates Unique key with value .The primary operation that hash functions support efficiently is a lookup: given a key , find the corresponding value ....
  • Load factor (electrical)
    Load factor (electrical)

    In electrical engineering, load factor is the average power divided by the peak power, over a period of time. The peak may be a theoretical maximum, rather than a measured maximum....
     is the average power divided by the peak power over a period of time, see demand factor
    Demand factor

    In telecommunication, electronics and the electrical power industry, the term demand factor has the following meanings:1. The ratio of the maximum real electric power consumed by a system to the maximum real power that would be consumed if the entire Electrical load connected to the system were to be activated at the same time....
  • Load factor (structural) is a number by which a specified load is multiplied to determine the required design load, see dead load, live load and structural design
    Structural design

    In structural engineering, structural design is an iterative process of applying engineering mechanics and past experience to create a functional, economic, and, most importantly, safe structure for the public to inhabit or to use....