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Definition of weight
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Weight
(v. t.) A
ponderous
mass;
something
heavy;
as, a clock
weight;
a paper
weight..
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Brace
::
Brace (n.) A piece of
material
used to
transmit,
or
change
the
direction
of,
weight
or
pressure;
any one of the
pieces,
in a frame or
truss,
which
divide
the
structure
into
triangular
parts.
It may act as a tie, or as a
strut,
and
serves
to
prevent
distortion
of the
structure,
and
transverse
strains
in its
members.
A
boiler
brace is a
diagonal
stay,
connecting
the head with the
shell..
Maund
::
Maund (n.) An East
Indian
weight,
varying
in
different
localities
from 25 to about 82
pounds
avoirdupois..
Buoyancy
::
Buoyancy
(n.) The
upward
pressure
exerted
upon a
floating
body by a
fluid,
which is equal to the
weight
of the body;
hence,
also, the
weight
of a
floating
body, as
measured
by the
volume
of fluid
displaced..
Rocking-stone
::
Rocking-stone
(n.) A
stone,
often of great size and
weight,
resting
upon
another
stone,
and so
exactly
poised
that it can be
rocked,
or
slightly
moved,
with but
little
force..
Ponderance
::
Ponderance
(n.)
Weight;
gravity.
Baric
::
Baric (a.) Of or
pertaining
to
weight,
esp. to the
weight
or
pressure
of the
atmosphere
as
measured
by the
barometer..
Standage
::
Stand (v. i.) A
weight
of from two
hundred
and fifty to three
hundred
pounds,
-- used in
weighing
pitch..
Trim
::
Trim (v. t.) To
adjust,
as a ship, by
arranging
the
cargo,
or
disposing
the
weight
of
persons
or
goods,
so
equally
on each side of the
center
and at each end, that she shall sit well on the water and sail well; as, to trim a ship, or a
boat..
Weight
::
Weight
(v. t.) The
quantity
of
heaviness;
comparative
tendency
to the
center
of the
earth;
the
quantity
of
matter
as
estimated
by the
balance,
or
expressed
numerically
with
reference
to some
standard
unit; as, a mass of stone
having
the
weight
of five
hundred
pounds..
Ruthenium
::
Ruthenium
(n.) A rare
element
of the light
platinum
group,
found
associated
with
platinum
ores, and
isolated
as a hard,
brittle
steel-gray
metal which is very
infusible.
Symbol
Ru.
Atomic
weight
103.5.
Specific
gravity
12.26.
See
Platinum
metals,
under
Platinum..
Standard
::
Standard
(n.) That which is
established
by
authority
as a rule for the
measure
of
quantity,
extent,
value,
or
quality;
esp., the
original
specimen
weight
or
measure
sanctioned
by
government,
as the
standard
pound,
gallon,
or
yard..
Metronome
::
Metronome
(n.) An
instrument
consisting
of a short
pendulum
with a
sliding
weight.
It is set in
motion
by
clockwork,
and
serves
to
measure
time in
music..
Ram
::
Ram (n.) The
weight
which
strikes
the blow, in a pile
driver,
steam
hammer,
stamp mill, or the
like..
Heaviness
::
Heaviness
(n.) The state or
quality
of being heavy in its
various
senses;
weight;
sadness;
sluggishness;
oppression;
thickness.
Tola
::
Tola (n.) A
weight
of
British
India.
The
standard
tola is equal to 180
grains.
Chaldron
::
Chaldron
(n.) An
English
dry
measure,
being,
at
London,
36
bushels
heaped
up, or its
equivalent
weight,
and more than twice as much at
Newcastle.
Now used
exclusively
for coal and
coke..
Cutter
::
Cutter
(n.) A fast
sailing
vessel
with one mast,
rigged
in most
essentials
like a
sloop.
A
cutter
is
narrower
end
deeper
than a sloop of the same
length,
and
depends
for
stability
on a deep keel, often
heavily
weighted
with
lead..
Overbalance
::
Overbalance
(n.)
Excess
of
weight
or
value;
something
more than an
equivalent;
as, an
overbalance
of
exports..
Capstan
::
Capstan
(n.) A
vertical
cleated
drum or
cylinder,
revolving
on an
upright
spindle,
and
surmounted
by a
drumhead
with
sockets
for bars or
levers.
It is much used,
especially
on
shipboard,
for
moving
or
raising
heavy
weights
or
exerting
great power by
traction
upon a rope or
cable,
passing
around
the drum. It is
operated
either
by steam power or by a
number
of men
walking
around
the
capstan,
each
pushing
on the end of a lever fixed in its
socket..
Quarter
::
Quarter
(n.) The
fourth
of a
hundred-weight,
being 25 or 28
pounds,
according
as the
hundredweight
is
reckoned
at 100 or 112
pounds..
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