load factor

Noun

 * 1)  The acceleration experienced by an aircraft along a given axis at a particular instant in time.
 * 2)  The percentage of a transportation system's maximum passenger capacity that is actually used.
 * 3)  The mean load over a given time period divided by the peak load occurring during the same time period, providing a measure of how efficiently an electric system's capacity is being used.
 * 4)  The proportion of the buckets in a hash table which contain entries.
 * 1)  The proportion of the buckets in a hash table which contain entries.