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weight
(wāt)n. Abbr. wt. or w
1. A measure of the heaviness of an object: a contest to guess the weight of a pig.
2. The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity.
3.
a. A unit measure of gravitational force: a table of weights and measures.
b. A system of such measures: avoirdupois weight; troy weight.
4. An object used principally to exert a force by virtue of its gravitational attraction to Earth, especially:
a. A metallic solid used as a standard of comparison in weighing.
b. An object used to hold something else down.
c. A counterbalance in a machine.
d. Sports A heavy object, such as a dumbbell, lifted for exercise or in athletic competition.
5. Excessive fat; corpulence: exercising in order to lose weight.
6. Statistics A factor assigned to a number in a computation, as in determining an average, to increase or decrease the number's effect on the computation, reflecting its importance.
7. Oppressiveness; pressure: the weight of responsibilities.
8. The greater part; preponderance: The weight of the evidence is against the defendant.
9.
a. Influence, importance, or authority: Her approval carried great weight. See Synonyms at importance.
b. Ponderous quality: the weight of the speaker's words.
10. Sports A classification according to comparative lightness or heaviness. Often used in combination: a heavyweight boxer.
11.
a. The heaviness or thickness of a fabric in relation to a particular season or use. Often used in combination: a summerweight jacket.
b. A measure of the relative thickness of yarn.
tr.v. weight·ed, weight·ing, weights
Idioms: 1. To make heavy or heavier: Our backpacks were weighted down with food and other essentials.
2. To cause to feel concerned, sad, or preoccupied; burden or oppress: He was weighted with guilt.
3. To increase the weight or body of (fabrics) by treating with chemicals.
4. Statistics To assign weights or a weight to.
5. To cause to have a slant or bias: weighted the rules in favor of homeowners.
6. Sports To assign to (a horse) the weight it must carry as a handicap in a race.
by weight
According to weight rather than volume or other measure.
make weight
Sports To weigh within the limits stipulated for an athletic contest.
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weighting
(ˈweɪtɪŋ)n
1. (Statistics) a factor by which some quantity is multiplied in order to make it comparable with others. See also weighted average
2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) an increase in some quantity, esp an additional allowance paid to compensate for higher living costs: a London weighting.
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Noun 1. weighting - (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
coefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
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weighting
[ˈweɪtɪŋ] N1. (on salary) → plus m (salarial) por coste de vida
London weighting → plus m (salarial) por residir en Londres
London weighting → plus m (salarial) por residir en Londres
2. (Scol) → factor m de valoración
3. (Statistics) → ponderación f
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weighting
n (Brit: = supplement) → Zulage f
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