weightweɪt
weight (v)
- present
- weights
- past
- weighted
- past participle
- weighted
- present participle
- weighting
weight (n)
- plural
- weights
English Definitions:
weight (noun)
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
weight, free weight, exercising weight (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
weight, weightiness (noun)
the relative importance granted to something
"his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
weight (noun)
an artifact that is heavy
weight (noun)
an oppressive feeling of heavy force
"bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
system of weights, weight (noun)
a system of units used to express the weight of something
weight unit, weight (noun)
a unit used to measure weight
"he placed two weights in the scale pan"
weight, weighting (verb)
(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
burden, burthen, weight, weight down (verb)
weight down with a load
slant, angle, weight (verb)
present with a bias
"He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
weight (Noun)
The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
weight (Noun)
An object used to make something heavier.
weight (Noun)
A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
weight (Noun)
Importance or influence
weight (Noun)
A disc of iron, dumbbell, or barbell used for training the muscles.
weight (Noun)
Mass (net weight, atomic weight, molecular weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
weight (Noun)
A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
weight (Noun)
The smallest cardinality of a base.
weight (Noun)
The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
weight (Verb)
To add weight to something, in order to make it heavier.
weight (Verb)
To load, burden or oppress someone.
weight (Verb)
To assign weights to individual statistics.
weight (Verb)
To bias something; to slant.
weight (Verb)
To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
weight (Noun)
The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
weight (Noun)
The illusion of mass.
weight (Noun)
The thickness and opacity of paint.
Weight
In science and engineering, the weight of an object is usually taken to be the force on the object due to gravity. Its magnitude, 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: W = mg. The term weight and mass are often confused with each other in everyday discourse but they are distinct quantities. The unit of measurement for weight is that of force, which in the International System of Units 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 from any gravitating mass. There is also a rival tradition within Newtonian physics and engineering which sees weight as that which is measured when one uses scales. There the weight is a measure of the magnitude of the reaction force exerted on a body. Typically, in measuring someone's weight, the person is placed on scales at rest with respect to the earth but the definition can be extended to other states of motion. Thus in a state of free fall, the weight would be zero. In this second sense of weight, terrestrial objects can be weightless. Ignoring air resistance, an apple on its way to meet Newton's head is weightless.
Weight
In science and engineering, the weight of an object is the force acting on the object due to gravity.Some standard textbooks define weight as a vector quantity, the gravitational force acting on the object. Others define weight as a scalar quantity, the magnitude of the gravitational force. Yet others define it as the magnitude of the reaction force exerted on a body by mechanisms that counteract the effects of gravity: the weight is the quantity that is measured by, for example, a spring scale. Thus, in a state of free fall, the weight would be zero. In this sense of weight, terrestrial objects can be weightless: ignoring air resistance, the famous apple falling from the tree, on its way to meet the ground near Isaac Newton, would be weightless. 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. Although weight and mass are scientifically distinct quantities, the terms are often confused with each other in everyday use (e.g. comparing and converting force weight in pounds to mass in kilograms and vice versa).Further complications in elucidating the various concepts of weight have to do with the theory of relativity according to which gravity is modeled as a consequence of the curvature of spacetime. In the teaching community, a considerable debate has existed for over half a century on how to define weight for their students. The current situation is that a multiple set of concepts co-exist and find use in their various contexts.
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