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Word: weight (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An object used to make something heavier.
  • A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
  • visual art The illusion of mass.
  • visual art The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
  • visual art The thickness and opacity of paint.
  • physics Mass (net weight, atomic weight, molecular weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
  • statistics A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
  • The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth.
  • topology The smallest cardinality of a base.
  • typography The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
  • weightlifting A disc of iron, dumbbell, or barbell used for training the muscles.

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Verb:

  • transitive|horse racing To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
  • transitive|mathematics To assign weights to individual statistics.
  • transitive To add weight to something, in order to make it heavier.
  • transitive To bias something; to slant.
  • transitive To load, burden or oppress someone.

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