Engelsk navneord: weight | |||
1. | weight (om egenskab) the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | physical property | ||
Mere specifikke termer | body weight, dead weight, heaviness, lightness, poundage, tare, throw-weight, weightiness, weightlessness | ||
Kendetegner | heavy, light | ||
2. | weight (om genstand) 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 | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | exercising weight, free weight | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | sports equipment | ||
Mere specifikke termer | barbell, dumbbell | ||
3. | weight (om egenskab) the relative importance granted to something | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His opinion carries great weight. The progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | weightiness | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | importance | ||
4. | weight (om genstand) an artifact that is heavy | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | artefact, artifact | ||
Mere specifikke termer | balance, bob, burden, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer, load, loading, makeweight, paperweight, sinker | ||
5. | weight (om fornemmelse) an oppressive feeling of heavy force | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Bowed down by the weight of responsibility. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | oppression, oppressiveness | ||
6. | weight (om mængde el. mål) a system of units used to express the weight of something | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | system of weights | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | metric, system of measurement | ||
Mere specifikke termer | avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight, troy, troy weight | ||
7. | weight (om mængde el. mål) a unit used to measure weight | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He placed two weights in the scale pan. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | weight unit | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | unit, unit of measurement | ||
Mere specifikke termer | apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, arroba, cattie, catty, crith, frail, last, maund, obolus, oka, picul, pood, rotl, tael, tod, troy unit, welterweight | ||
8. | weight (om mængde el. mål) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | weighting | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | coefficient | ||
Overordnet emneområde | statistics | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: weight | |||
1. | weight (om relation) weight down with a load | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | burden, burthen, weight down | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | charge | ||
Mere specifikke termer | overburden, plumb, saddle | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | disburden, unburden | ||
2. | weight (om erkendelse) present with a bias | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | angle, slant | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | bias, predetermine | ||