Payload Meaning
/ˈpeɪloʊd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThat part of a cargo that produces revenue.
nounThe total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.
Sentence Examples
Damiano’s mission is to secure the payload.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The rocket's ____ included a satellite and scientific instruments for the mission.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The rocket was designed to carry a ____ of five hundred kilograms into low Earth orbit.
Word Origin & History
From pay + load. From the early 20th century.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"1990, Dave Mustaine, "Rust in Peace... Polaris", Megadeth, Rust in Peace.
I spread disease like a dog / Discharge my payload a mile high / Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils"
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"Vendors must also describe to the Air Force whether they have experience integrating the device with payloads from other businesses, if they are capable of supporting flight test operations and working with ground support equipment and how soon the capability can be delivered.
“Thrust Vector control must be included as a control methodology,” the service wrote in the request. “Other capability measurements of interest are, but not limited to, flight path angle, total impulse, speed, range, payload characteristics."
— 2024 September 23, Vanessa Montalbano, “Air Force interested in advanced booster for hypersonic weapons”, in Inside Defense:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The rocket's ____ included a satellite and scientific instruments for the mission.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The rocket was designed to carry a ____ of five hundred kilograms into low Earth orbit.