Payload

//ˈpeɪloʊd//

Synonyms for "payload" (42 found)

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Closest matches (9)

cargo warhead atomic warhead baggage bird blast burden carload

Noun(1 words)

cargo

Strong matches (12)

cartload charge consignment freight freightage full load goods guided missile haul impedimenta

Noun(2 words)

consignment freight

Related words (21)

lading load luggage missile nuclear warhead pack rocket shipload shipment thermonuclear warhead torpedo trailerload trainload truckload vanload war rocket

Noun(5 words)

lading load loading shipment warhead

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

4 entries

explosive merchandise product ware

Synonyms

2 entries

cargo warhead

derived

3 entries

multipayload payload specialist warload

derived from

2 entries

load pay

has context

2 entries

communication computing

is a

1 entries

device

related to

21 entries

aircraft cargo computer crew data data stream equipment functional malware missile passenger revenue rocket satellite spacecraft spread

Showing 16 of 21 words.

Translations

47 translations across 18 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

полезен товар noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)

Catalan

1 entries

càrrega útil noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

彈頭 /弹头 noun (that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance)
裝載量 /装载量 noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)
載荷 /载荷 noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)

Dutch

1 entries

lading noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)

Finnish

4 entries

hyötykuorma noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)
hyötykuorma noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)
hyötykuorma noun (that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance)
tietosisältö noun (the actual data in a data stream)

French

4 entries

charge utile noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)
charge utile noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)
charge utile noun (that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance)
charge utile noun (the functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it)

Georgian

1 entries

მარგი ტვირთი noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)

German

3 entries

Nutzlast noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)
Nutzlast noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)
Nutzlast noun (that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance)

Hungarian

2 entries

hasznos adat noun (the actual data in a data stream)
hasznos teher noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)

Italian

3 entries

carico noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)
carico utile noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)
carico utile noun (the actual data in a data stream)

Norwegian

4 entries

datalast noun (the actual data in a data stream)
nyttelast noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)
nyttelast noun (that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance)
skadelast noun (the functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

nyttelast noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

nyttelast noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)

Russian

4 entries

боева́я ча́сть noun (that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance)
боезаря́д noun (that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance)
полезная нагру́зка noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)
полезная нагру́зка noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)

Spanish

3 entries

cargamento cobrable noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)
cargamento cobradero noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)
cargamento útil noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)

Swedish

3 entries

nyttolast noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)
nyttolast noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)
nyttolast noun (that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance)

Turkish

3 entries

uçuş yükü noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)
uçuş yükü noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)
uçuş yükü noun (that part of a rocket, missile, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ко́ри́сне наванта́ження noun (that part of a cargo that produces revenue)
ко́ри́сне наванта́ження noun (the total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

On December 12, 1949, the last V-2 monkey flight was launched at White Sands. Albert IV, a rhesus monkey attached to monitoring instruments, was the payload. It was a successful flight, with no ill effects on the monkey until impact, when it died.

Source: tatoeba (3952196)

Tucked inside the payload bay of Space Shuttle Discovery, the 24,000-pound telescope carried five science instruments.

Source: tatoeba (8713630)

Once in orbit, Hawley grappled Hubble with the Shuttle’s robotic arm, carefully lifted it out of the payload bay.

Source: tatoeba (8713633)

Once LCRD receives information and encodes it, the payload sends the data to ground stations on Earth that are each equipped with telescopes to receive the light and modems to translate the encoded light back into digital data.

Source: tatoeba (10545960)

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