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1Weight — Weight, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[ae]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[ae]gt. See {Weigh}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the… …
2Weight — Weight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weighting}.] [1913 Webster] 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.… …
3Weight — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Doug Weight (* 1971), US amerikanischer Eishockeyspieler Pamela Weight, britische Eiskunstläuferin Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort …
4Weight — This article is about the physical concept. For other uses, see Weight (disambiguation). A spring scale measures the weight of an object (according to the operational definition) …
5weight — weighter, n. /wayt/, n. 1. the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs. 2. Physics. the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a… …
6weight — I. noun Etymology: Middle English wight, weght, from Old English wiht; akin to Old Norse vætt weight, Old English wegan to weigh Date: before 12th century 1. a. the amount that a thing weighs b. (1) the standard or established amount that a thing …
7weight — See: PULL ONE S WEIGHT, SWING ONE S WEIGHT, THROW ONE S WEIGHT AROUND …
8weight — See: PULL ONE S WEIGHT, SWING ONE S WEIGHT, THROW ONE S WEIGHT AROUND …
9weight — 1) ballast (a weight used to sink a fishing line) 2) ballast (one of a series of weights along the footrope of a fishing net) 3) a bundle of fishing lines (Shetland Isles dialect) 4) the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity 5)… …
10Weight loss — Classification and external resources ICD 9 783.21 For the episode of the American version of The Office, see Weight Loss (The Office). Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health or phys …
