live load

noun

Temporary load that the roof structure must be designed to support, as required by governing building codes. Live loads are generally moving and/or dynamic or environmental (e.g. people, installation equipment, snow, ice or rain).

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Meanings

nounlive load (usually uncountable, plural live loads)

plural live loads

  1. uncountableusuallybusinessTemporary load that the roof structure must be designed to support, as required by governing building codes. Live loads are generally moving and/or dynamic or environmental (e.g. people, installation equipment, snow, ice or rain).

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic

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superload
Broader
loadloadingburden
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superload

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 活荷重
  • 活荷重roofing
Finnish hyötykuorma
  • hyötykuormaroofing
Indonesian beban hidup
  • beban hiduproofing
Cite this entry
APA

live load. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20load

MLA

“live load.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20load. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “live load,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20load.

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