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).
- Noun. An object used to make something heavier.
- Noun. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- Noun. Importance or influence.
- Noun. (weightlifting) A disc of iron, dumbbell, or barbell used for training the muscles.
- Noun. (physics) Mass (net weight, atomic weight, molecular weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
- Noun. (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
- Noun. (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
- Noun. (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
- Noun. (context, visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
- Noun. (context, visual art) The illusion of mass.
- Noun. (context, visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
- Verb. (transitive) To add weight to something, in order to make it heavier.
- Verb. (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
- Verb. (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
- Verb. (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
- Verb. (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
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