Meaning

5 senses
  1. That part of a cargo that produces revenue.

    Nutzlast

    полезная нагру́зкаpoleznaja nagrúzka

    ко́ри́сне наванта́женняkórýsne navantážennja

  2. The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.

    Nutzlast

    полезная нагру́зкаpoleznaja nagrúzka

    ко́ри́сне наванта́женняkórýsne navantážennja

  3. That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.

    Nutzlast

    боезаря́дbojezarjád, боева́я ча́стьbojevája částʹ

    the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

  4. The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it.

  5. The actual data in a data stream.

    полезная нагру́зкаpoleznaja nagrúzka

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Damiano’s mission is to secure the payload.

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  2. Once in orbit, Hawley grappled Hubble with the Shuttle’s robotic arm, carefully lifted it out of the payload bay.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
that part of a cargo that produces revenue:
Русский
By meaning 2
that part of a cargo that produces revenue:
that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
that part of a cargo that produces revenue:

Origin

From pay + load. From the early 20th century.

From pay + load. From the early 20th century.

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Forms

plural: payloads
Singularpayload
Pluralpayloads

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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