Meaning of load-bearing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Able to support a load.
   not-comparable
2. Of a physical, digital, procedural etc. component, necessary to the integrity of the system of which it forms a part.
   figuratively, not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“1908, Frederick E. Turneaure, Editor-in-Chief, Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering The different forms of partitions that are not load-bearing will be considered under "Fireproofing."”

“The reactor units each called for a circular pit over 300ft. in diameter, excavated to a depth of 20ft. to reach a suitable load-bearing stratum.”

“Alternating sandstone and limestone (the limestone being used in façades exposed to the winter rains or in more load-bearing areas) created a most pleasing decorative effect.”

“It was in baptism (and in consequence in penance) that the theologically most load-bearing aspects of the liturgical life of the Church were concentrated.”

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:load-bearing.”

“The number keeps going up, which has a buoying effect on markets that is, in the short term, good. But every good earnings report further entrenches Nvidia as a precariously placed, load-bearing piece of the global economy.”

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