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- n the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
- n 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
- n the relative importance granted to something
his opinion carries great weight
the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed - n an artifact that is heavy
- n an oppressive feeling of heavy force
bowed down by the weight of responsibility - n a system of units used to express the weight of something
- n a unit used to measure weight
he placed two weights in the scale pan - n (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- v weight down with a load
- v present with a bias
- In a series of experiments, scientists at Purdue University compared weight gain and eating habits in rats whose diets were supplemented with sweetened food containing either zero .
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- Doctors hate telling you to lose weight as much as you hate hearing it.