Preload vs Afterload - What's the difference?
preload | afterload |
To load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale).
(intransitive, British, slang) To drink cheap alcohol at home before going out socially.
The end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand.
(physiology) The load on a working muscle from a constant opposing force
Afterload is a related term of preload.
As nouns the difference between preload and afterload
is that preload is the end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand while afterload is the load on a working muscle from a constant opposing force.As a verb preload
is to load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale).preload
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Verb
(en verb)- My computer came preloaded with wordprocessor software.
- That nightclub is so expensive. Let's preload at your flat.
