payload
pronunciation
How to pronounce payload in British English:
UK [ˈpeɪləʊd]
How to pronounce payload in American English:
US [ˈpeɪloʊd]
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- Noun:
- the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- goods carried by a large vehicle
Word Origin
- payload (n.)
- also pay-load, 1917, from pay + load (n.). Originally the part of a truck's (later an aircraft's) load from which revenue is derived (passengers, cargo, mail); figurative sense of "bombs, etc. carried by a plane or missile" is from 1936.
Example
- 1. It also has improved range , payload and environmentally friendly designs .
- 2. Launching a payload to low-earth orbit can cost $ 20000 or more per kilogram .
- 3. A problem during flight means almost certain destruction of both rocket and payload .
- 4. Shuttle a scientific payload to an orbiting space station .
- 5. Quite often the propellant must also be stored in a pressurized container with thick walls and pipes , further limiting the payload size .