load-bearing

== English == === Alternative forms === load bearing === Adjective === load-bearing (not comparable) (chiefly construction and civil engineering) Able to support a load. 1908, Frederick E. Turneaure, Editor-in-Chief, Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering The different forms of partitions that are not load-bearing will be considered under "Fireproofing." For quotations using this term, see Citations:load-bearing. (figurative) Of a physical, digital, procedural etc. component, necessary to the integrity of the system of which it forms a part. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === load-bearing (uncountable) The carrying of loads. 1955, National Research Council (U.S.) Building Research Institute, Modular Measure: The Edited Papers and Discussions of a Research Correlation Conference Entitled Modular Coordination: Its Value in Contemporary Building, Conducted by the Building Research Institute Since we do not need walls for load-bearing, the storage walls do not have to have any special thickness.