beban
Pronunciation: /bəˈban/
“beban” is an Indonesian word. Its 13 meanings in English:
noun
- a burden; a weight to be carried
- the force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- the electrical current or power delivered by a device
- any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit
- the process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
- the total indirect costs—such as taxes, benefits, insurance, and overhead—added to direct expenses like base wages or raw materials.
- the distance between rows of blastholes parallel to the major free face (i.e. face of the excavation), or between rows in the usual case where rows are fired in sequence
- responsibility, stress, strength
- amount of money levied for a service
- the scope of someone's responsibility
- a load or burden; cargo
- expense
- liability: a handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; an individual or action that exposes others to greater risk
Etymology
From Malay beban. All “load” senses, except “burden” sense is a semantic loan from English load. The blasting sense is a semantic loan from English burden.
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