weight

Noun
  1. The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity (synset 105034009)
    tells us about:
    • heavy - of comparatively great physical weight or density
    • light - of comparatively little physical weight or density
    is a type of: physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
    subtypes:
    • body weight - the weight of a person's body
    • dead weight - a heavy motionless weight
    • heaviness, weightiness - the property of being comparatively great in weight
    • poundage - weight expressed in pounds
    • tare - the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo
    • throw-weight - the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket)
    • lightness, weightlessness - the property of being comparatively small in weight
  2. 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 (synset 104578578)
    is a type of: sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
    subtypes:
    • barbell - a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting
    • dumbbell - an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
    same as: exercising weight, free weight
  3. The relative importance granted to something (synset 105179849)
    "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
    is a type of: importance - the quality of being important and worthy of note
    same as: weightiness
  4. An artifact that is heavy (synset 104578374)
    is a type of: artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
    subtypes:
  5. An oppressive feeling of heavy force (synset 107554200)
    "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
    is a type of: oppression, oppressiveness - a feeling of being oppressed
  6. A system of units used to express the weight of something (synset 113737860)
    is a type of: metric, system of measurement - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
    subtypes:
    • avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight - a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
    • troy, troy weight - a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains
    same as: system of weights
  7. A unit used to measure weight (synset 113630031)
    "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
    is a type of: unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
    subtypes:
    • troy unit - any of the unit of the troy system of weights
    • apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight - any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces
    • arroba - a unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries
    • cattie, catty - any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams)
    • crith - the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure)
    • frail - the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
    • last - a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
    • maund - a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries
    • obolus - a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram
    • oka - a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds
    • picul - a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)
    • pood - a Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 pounds
    • rotl - a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds
    • tael - a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces
    • tod - a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds
    • welterweight - a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase)
    same as: weight unit
  8. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance (synset 113610524)
    referred to in: 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
    is a type of: coefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
    same as: weighting
Verb
  1. Weight down with a load (synset 201489937)
    is a type of: charge - fill or load to capacity
    subtypes:
    same as: burden, burthen, weight down
  2. Present with a bias (synset 200682404)
    "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
    is a type of: bias, predetermine - cause to be biased
    same as: angle, slant

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