Load Factor

Load factor may refer to:

  • Load factor (aeronautics), the ratio of the lift of an aircraft to its weight
  • Load factor (computer science), the ratio of the number of records to the number of addresses within a data structure
  • Load factor (electrical), the average power divided by the peak power over a period of time
  • Passenger load factor, the ratio of revenue passenger miles to available seat miles of a particular transportation operation (i.e. a flight)
  • Load factor (real estate), the percentage of the building's area or space that are dedicated to the common areas of the building.

Famous quotes containing the words load and/or factor:

    “Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and will cheerfully carry the load of armies, if you choose to make them pay high for such joy as they give and such harm as they do.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Children of the middle years do not do their learning unaffected by attendant feelings of interest, boredom, success, failure, chagrin, joy, humiliation, pleasure, distress and delight. They are whole children responding in a total way, and what they feel is a constant factor that can be constructive or destructive in any learning situation.”
    —Dorothy H. Cohen (20th century)