Weight
[weɪt] or [wet]
Definition
(noun.) an artifact that is heavy.
(noun.) sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms.
(noun.) the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity.
(noun.) the relative importance granted to something; 'his opinion carries great weight'; 'the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed'.
(noun.) an oppressive feeling of heavy force; 'bowed down by the weight of responsibility'.
(noun.) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance.
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Definition
(v. t.) The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.
(v. t.) The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.
(v. t.) Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.
(v. t.) Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.
(v. t.) A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
(v. t.) A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
(v. t.) A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.
(v. t.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
(v. t.) To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.
(v. t.) To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.
Editor: Mamie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Heaviness, gravity, ponderousness, ponderosity.[2]. Pressure, burden, load.[3]. Importance, influence, power, efficacy, consequence, moment, significance, import, pith.
Editor: Shelton
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Gravity, ponderosity, heaviness, pressure, burden, importance, power,influence, efficacy, consequence, moment, impressiveness
ANT:Lightness, levity, portableness, alleviation, unimportance, insignificance,weakness, inefficacy, unimpressiveness, triviality, worthlessness
Typist: Mason
Examples
- Weight of gun, carriage, limber, drag ropes, tools, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The weight of old Sabor was immense, and when she braced her huge paws nothing less than Tantor, the elephant, himself, could have budged her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Weight of gun, 6,170 pounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The heaviest British gun at that time was of 111-ton weight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I got some data and made up my mind that what was needed was a very powerful engine for its weight, in small compass. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In his case a trailer of ivy had given way under his weight, and we saw by the light of a lantern the mark on the lawn where his heels had come down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- These engines weigh as much as 31 tons, which is seven times more than the weight of the Rocket. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- These are feather-weights; they want ballast. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Its pioneer form may be traced back to the Middle Ages, when heavy weights were lifted by aid of an apparatus worked by hand power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If a soft iron nail (Fig. 212) or its equivalent is slipped within the coil, the lifting and attractive power of the coil is increased, and comparatively heavy weights can be lifted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The weights were raised, and Mr. Wright took his place. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Lifting heavy weights through great distances is not the only way in which work is done. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Dairy weights of ensilage fed to the stock were not taken. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This prince has several machines fixed on wheels, for the carriage of trees and other great weights. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Then came improved weighted and other safety valves to regulate and control this pressure. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- To this plunger is attached a weighted case filled with one or many tons of metal or other coarse material. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Innocent as it looks at first sight this plea by Woodrow Wilson is weighted with the tradition of a century and a half. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The old-style mangle had a box, weighted with stone, which was reciprocated on rollers, and was run back and forth upon the clothes spread upon a polished table beneath. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Leaden weights are attached to the diver, and his shoes are weighted, that he may be able to descend a ladder, walk about below, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The savage deals largely with crude stimuli; we have weighted stimuli. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- After this Mrs. Bulstrode drove to her niece with a mind newly weighted. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Tamara