weight

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.

2. 2

   An object used to make something heavier.

3. 3

   A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.

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   1. 4

      Importance or influence.

      • Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate.
      • "You surely are a man of some weight around here," I said.
   2. 5

      An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.

      • He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio.
   3. 6

      Viscosity rating.

   4. 7

      Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).

   5. 8

      Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).

   6. 9

      Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).

      • I'm the same weight as I was ten years ago.
   7. 10

      A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.

   8. 11

      The smallest cardinality of a base.

   9. 12

      The boldness of a font

      The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.

      • font weight
   10. 13

       The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.

   11. 14

       The illusion of mass.

   12. 15

       The thickness and opacity of paint.

   13. 16

       The thickness of yarn.

       • If you'd like to use a different weight of yarn, just check the label for the recommended crochet hook size and use that.
       • The weight of the finished thread also varies with the spinner, although the general aim is laceweight singles for weaving.
   14. 17

       Pressure

       Pressure; burden.

       • the weight of care or business
       • The waight of this ſad time we muſt obey[…]
       • For the public all this weight he bears.
   15. 18

       The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.

   16. 19

       Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.

       • He was pushing weight.
   17. 20

       One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.

       • [I was] doing a weight [1 lb. at that time] a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.
   18. 21

       Money.

       • No matter how much money he makes, he is still a soldier, but he has the weight.
   19. 22

       Weight class

   20. 23

       Emphasis applied to a given criterion.

       • Even though it's got its two features of color and hardness, it doesn't know how much importance or, as computer scientists say, weight to place on each of them.
       • “Logits” are the vectors of weights.
   21. 24

       To add weight to something

       To add weight to something; to make something heavier.

   22. 25

       To load, burden or oppress someone.

   23. 26

       To assign weights to individual statistics.

   24. 27

       To bias something

       To bias something; to slant.

       • The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor.
       • The U.K. economy is heavily weighted towards the service sector and the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a 10% fall in gross domestic product in the second quarter, according to economists at Jefferies.
   25. 28

       To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

   26. 29

       To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

       • With good peripheral vision he spots his teammate, Ray Evans, lurking in the scoring zone and sweeps a perfectly weighted pass to him.
   27. 30

       A surname.

The neighborhood

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