Usage of "load-bearing"

Capable of bearing a structural load.

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Usage of load-bearing in English

Steep-leaning load-bearing support structures like drunken pillars, merging seamlessly with the fused-glass floor. 
 Woken furies 

A forklift had run into a load-bearing column, and it wasn't being reported. 
 The whole world: a novel 

Hence, these GNP-modified epoxy hybrid composites can be efficiently utilized in load-bearing structures. 
 Pubmed 

You won't find any raw edges or unreinforced load-bearing seams here. 
 Wired 

Tendons are important load-bearing structures, which are frequently injured in both sports and work. 
 Pubmed 

All you need is to find the load-bearing columns and make some simple calculations. 
 The Big U 

The materials are promising bone adhesive candidates for low-load-bearing areas. 
 Pubmed 

It means refashioning the pelvis into a full load-bearing instrument. 
 A short history of nearly everything 

The iconic doors lifted like wings to accommodate load-bearing members in its space-frame chassis. 
 Wired 

The battery is load-bearing structural part of the frame, which is made of aluminum. 
 Wired 

They'll drive the skimmer right in under the load-bearing girders between keels six and seven. 
 Woken furies 

Especially the strong load-bearing man in whom reverence resideth. 
 Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None 

But because the red webbing isn't weighted, it's effectively not part of the load-bearing system. 
 Climbing Magazine 

Articular cartilage is a load-bearing tissue that lines the surface of bones in diarthrodial joints. 
 Pubmed 

Most harnesses don't have load-bearing loops on the back. 
 Climbing Magazine 

Extrapolating these data to in vivo conditions suggests that load-bearing will inhibit the formation of osteoclasts. 
 Pubmed 

Meanings of load-bearing in English