Definitions for load factor

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

load′ fac`tor(n.)

  1. the percentage of available seats, space, or carrying weight paid for and used by passengers, shippers, etc.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of load factor:

1890–95

Princeton's WordNet

  1. load factor(noun)

    (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g)


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