as in loads
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
the space shuttle can carry a maximum payload of approximately 50,000 pounds
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Recent Examples of payloads
While rockets get satellites and payloads into orbit, like an airplane carrying passengers to a metro area, space tugs deliver them to specific destinations, like taxis taking those passengers home from the airport.
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Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
These include provisions that would limit driverless trucks from roads with speeds of 50mph or higher and prevent them from carrying certain payloads, like hazardous chemicals.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
Although off-the-shelf drones can generally carry only small payloads, this will soon change, and even today, some commercial drones can carry a 1,000-pound payload.
—Tom Donilon, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2022
Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
These include provisions that would limit driverless trucks from roads with speeds of 50mph or higher and prevent them from carrying certain payloads, like hazardous chemicals.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
Although off-the-shelf drones can generally carry only small payloads, this will soon change, and even today, some commercial drones can carry a 1,000-pound payload.
—Tom Donilon, Foreign Affairs, 28 Jan. 2022
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“Payloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payloads. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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