overload

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1. A load on a structure in excess of that for which it was designed.
2. Electric current, power, or voltage in excess of that for which a device or circuit was designed.

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Codition that occurs when the load is greater than the system was designed to handle. (Load resistance too small, load current too high.) Overload results in waveform distortion and/or overheating.

A larger load than the system can comfortably bear.

• tube o. — when repeated exposures are made at high output. This may vaporize the target or damage the cathode.
• veterinary o. — the popular term for the knowledge explosion and the need to learn more by the veterinarian.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overlæsse, overbelaste
n. - overlæs

Nederlands (Dutch)
te zwaar (be)laden, te zware last, overbelasting

Français (French)
v. tr. - surcharger
n. - (fig) surcharge, (Génie Civ, Électron) surcharge

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überlastung
v. - überladen, überlasten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπερφόρτωση, υπερβολικό φορτίο
v. - υπερφορτώνω, υπερφορτίζω, παραφορτώνω

Italiano (Italian)
sovraccarico, sovraccaricare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sobrecarga (m)
v. - sobrecarregar

Русский (Russian)
перегрузка, перегружать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sobrecargar
n. - sobrecarga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - alltför tung last (börda)
v. - överlasta, ladda för hårt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使超载, 超过负荷, 超载, 负荷过多

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使超載, 超過負荷
n. - 超載, 負荷過多

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 짐을 너무 많이 싣다, 지나치게 충전하다
n. - 과적, 과부하

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 積みすぎ, 過負荷
v. - 荷を積みすぎる, 充電しすぎる, 装てんしすぎる, 重荷をかけすぎる, 荷を積み過ぎる, 過充電する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حموله زائدة (فعل) يبالغ في وضع الحموله على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העמיס יותר מדי‬
n. - ‮עומס יתר, כמות מוגזמת, דרישה מוגזמת‬

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