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:

    “Men so noble,
    However faulty, yet should find respect
    For what they have been. ‘Tis a cruelty
    To load a falling man.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and he succeeded.... He stands apart, and the chief value of his work is in its prophecy, not in its performance. He has begun a prelude to larger themes. He is the herald to a new era. As a man he is the precursor of a fresh type. He is a factor in the heroic and spiritual evolution of the human being. If Poetry has passed him by, Philosophy will take note of him.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)