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41weight — 1. noun /weɪt/ a) The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is influenced by). Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom… …
42Weight — This interesting and unusual surname is English. It is an occupational name for a member of the town watch . Introduced into England after the Norman Conquest of 1066, and derived from the Old Norman French word guait , the name applied… …
43weight — See: pull one s weight, swing one s weight, throw one s weight around …
44weight — n 1. British one pound of hashish or marihuana. The drug dealers and users jargon term since the early 1960s; it is a shortening of pound weight . ► He sold them a weight of black. 2. American narcotics. The word in this context originally had… …
45weight — The product of the force of gravity, defined internationally as 9.80665 m/s2, times the mass of the body. [A.S. gewiht] apothecaries w. an obsolescent system of weights based upon the w. of a grain of wheat. Has been used for centuries in… …
46weight — the force on an object resulting from gravity. sprung weight unsprung weight …
47weight — svarstis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. balancing weight; weight vok. Gewicht, n; Gewichtsstück, n rus. гирька, f; гиря, f pranc. poids, m …
48weight — /weɪt/ noun a measurement of how heavy something is ♦ to sell fruit by weight the price is per pound or per kilo of the fruit ♦ to give short weight to give less than you should …
49weight — /weɪt/ noun a measurement of how heavy something is ♦ to sell fruit by weight the price is per pound or per kilo of the fruit ♦ to give short weight to give less than you should ■ verb to give an extra value to a certain factor …
50weight — The heaviness of a person or a thing expressed in standard units, such as pounds and ounces. See false weights; gross weight; net weight …
