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weight
Definition:
(nou) the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity (nou) 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 (nou) the relative importance granted to something (nou) an artifact that is heavy (nou) an oppressive feeling of heavy force (nou) a system of units used to express the weight of something (nou) a unit used to measure weight (nou) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
Phonetic Transcription:
weɪt
Examples:
This is the perceptual counterpart to the physical weight of the objects.
Displacement is the actual total weight of the vessel.
The total weight of the steel in the bridge was 500kg.
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