load line
noun[C]
ukus(alsoPlimsoll line);(Plimsoll mark)TRANSPORT
alineon thesideof ashipthatshowsthelevelbelow which theshipmust notsinkinto thewaterwhen it iscarryinggoods,passengers, etc.
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The "cutoff point" is the point where theloadlineintersects with the collector voltage axis.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The draft of the ship when loaded to the summerloadlinewas 11 m, corresponding to displacement of 60,262 tons.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Otherwise, if a ship has been assigned aloadlineby its national government, the draft for that summerloadlineis used.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aloadline, usually a straight line, represents the response of the linear part of the circuit, connected to the nonlinear device in question.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All commercial ships, other than in exceptional circumstances, have aloadlinesymbol painted amidships on each side of the ship.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Letters may also appear to the sides of the mark indicating the classification society that has surveyed the vessel'sloadline.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The example at right shows how aloadlineis used to determine the current and voltage in a simple diode circuit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There was no gunwale; the vertical side of a turret ship curves inward above theloadlineto a horizontal plane.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Single unit trains are occasionally seen late at night while 3 or 5 car trains are encountered only when not enough cars available to meet theloadline.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the ship has noloadline, instead, a maximum draft assigned by its national government, that value is used, if it has been assigned a maximum.
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