- Overload
- To exceed the design capacity of a device.The flow of electricity into conductors or devices when normal load exceeds capacity.
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Overload — may refer to: Contents 1 Music 1.1 Bands 1.2 Albums 1.3 Songs 2 Medical … Wikipedia
overload — o‧ver‧load [ˌəʊvəˈləʊd ǁ ˌoʊvərˈloʊd] verb overloaded PASTPART or overladen PASTPART [ ˈleɪdn] [transitive] 1. to give someone more work, information etc than they can deal with: overload somebod … Financial and business terms
Overload — O ver*load , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overloaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overloading}.] [Cf. {Overlade}.] To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Overload — O ver*load , n. An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Overload — es el primer single de las Sugababes y de su primer álbum de estudio One Touch. La canción recibió buenas críticas porque tiene un sonido muy maduro para la edad que tenían las chicas y porque es una buena mezcla entre R B y garage. Llegó a la… … Wikipedia Español
overload — I verb burden, choke, congest, cram, crowd, cumber, deluge, drench, encumber, flood, force, glut, gorge, inundate, load to excess, make heavy, oppress, overabound, overburden, overdo, overdose, overexert, overfeed, overfill, overstrain, overstuff … Law dictionary
Overload — [engl.], Überladen … Universal-Lexikon
overload — (v.) 1550s, to load with too great a burden, from OVER (Cf. over) + LOAD (Cf. load) (v.). Related: Overloaded; overloading. The noun is attested from 1640s; of electrical current, from 1904 … Etymology dictionary
overload — ► VERB 1) load excessively. 2) put too great a demand on. ► NOUN ▪ an excessive amount … English terms dictionary
overload — [ō΄vər lōd′; ] also, and for n.always [, ō′vər lōd΄] vt. to put too great a load in or on n. too great a load … English World dictionary
overload — overloads, overloading, overloaded (The verb is pronounced [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)lo͟ʊd[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)loʊd[/t]].) 1) VERB If you overload something such as a vehicle, you put more things or people into it than it was designed to… … English dictionary
