Weight
Definition of Weight
| n. | 1. | | | 1. | 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. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business. | | 4. | Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight. | | 5. | A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight. | | 6. | A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight. | | 7. | A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight. | | 8. | (Mech.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. | | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | (Astron. & Physics) To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight. | | 3. | (Dyeing) To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc. | | 4. | (Math.) to assign a numerical value expressing relative importance to (a measurement), to be multiplied by the value of the measurement in determining averages or other aggregate quantities; as, they weighted part one of the test twice as heavily as part 2. |
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