preload

Meanings

Verb

• To load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale).
• To drink (cheaper) alcohol at home before going out socially.

Noun

• The end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand.
• The internal application of stress to certain mechanical systems.

Origin

• pre- + load.