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Word: weight
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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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