Meanings
nounaxle load (plural axle loads)
plural axle loads · alternative axleload
- rail transportthe total weight, including load carried, transferred by one axle and its wheels to a road or railway surface. This is especially important in relation to what weight road and railway structures can carry, bridges in particular.
To keep the axle load within a 28-ton maximum, two eight-wheel bogies are employed, all axles of which are motorised.
1963 August, “New 5,000 H.P.-Plus Diesels for U.S. Railroads”, in Modern Railways, page 127
Translations
Danish aksellast
- aksellasttotal weight transferred by one axle
Finnish akselipaino
- akselipainototal weight transferred by one axle
German Achslast
- Achslasttotal weight transferred by one axle
Indonesian beban gandar, muatan sumbu
- beban gandartotal weight transferred by one axle
- muatan sumbutotal weight transferred by one axle
Norwegian Bokmål aksellast, akseltrykk
- aksellasttotal weight transferred by one axle
- akseltrykktotal weight transferred by one axle
Swedish axeltryck
- axeltrycktotal weight transferred by one axle
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APA
axle load. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axle%20load
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“axle load.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axle%20load. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “axle load,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axle%20load.
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