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weight
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weight
n.
heaviness, amount something weighs; unit of weight or mass; object which weighs a given amount and is used in weightlifting; heavy physical load; mental burden, pressure; importance, influence
v.
load with additional weight, add weight to; oppress, burden; regard, esteem; ascribe statistical weight to
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Weight
In science and engineering, the weight of an object is usually taken to be the force on the object due to gravity. Weight is a vector whose magnitude (a scalar quantity), often denoted by an italic letter W, is the product of the mass m of the object and the magnitude of the local gravitational acceleration g; thus: . The unit of measurement for weight is that of force, which in the International System of Units (SI) is the newton. For example, an object with a mass of one kilogram has a weight of about 9.8 newtons on the surface of the Earth, and about one-sixth as much on the Moon. In this sense of weight, a body can be weightless only if it is far away (in principle infinitely far away) from any other mass. Although weight and mass are scientifically distinct quantities, the terms are often confused with each other in everyday use.
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weight
Noun
1. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
(hypernym) physical property
(hyponym) body weight
(attribute) heavy
2. sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; a weight that is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
(synonym) free weight, exercising weight
(hypernym) sports equipment, sporting goods
(hyponym) barbell
3. the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"
(hypernym) importance
4. an artifact that is heavy
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) bob
(derivation) burden, burthen, weight down
5. an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
(hypernym) oppression, oppressiveness
6. a system of units used to express the weight of something
(synonym) system of weights
(hypernym) system of measurement, metric
(hyponym) avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight
7. a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
(synonym) weight unit
(hypernym) unit of measurement, unit
(hyponym) troy unit
8. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
(synonym) weighting
(hypernym) coefficient
(derivation) slant, angle
(classification) statistics
Verb
1. weight down with a load
(synonym) burden, burthen, weight down
(hypernym) charge
(hyponym) overburden
2. present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
(synonym) slant, angle
(hypernym) bias, predetermine
(derivation) weighting
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weight
n.
váha; břemeno; závaží; činka; břímě; tíže
v.
zatížit; nastavit
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weight
Rzecz.
waga; ciężar; odważnik
Czas.
obciążać; faworyzować
