Definizione monolingua

weight

weight (third-person singular simple present weights, present participle weighting, simple past and past participle weighted)

1. (transitive) To add weight to something, in order to make it heavier.
2. (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
3. (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
4. (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
5. (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

Wikipedia weight (plural weights)

1. The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
2. An object used to make something heavier.
3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
4. Importance or influence
   • 1907 Alonso de Espinosa, Hakluyt Society & Sir Clements Robert Markham, The Guanches of Tenerife: the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish conquest and settlement, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, p116

     Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate.

   • 1945 Mikia Pezas, The price of liberty, I. Washburn, Inc., p11

     ""You surely are a man of some weight around here,"" I said.

5. (weightlifting) A disc of iron, dumbbell, or barbell used for training the muscles.

   Hes working out with weights.

6. (physics) Mass (net weight, atomic weight, molecular weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
7. (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
8. (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
9. (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
10. (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
11. (visual art) The illusion of mass.
12. (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.

Definizione dizionario weight

	peso
	force due to gravity
	object to make something heavier
	sport device
	statistics: statistical value
	The gravitational force with which the earth attracts a body. By extension, the gravitational force with which a star, planet, or satellite attracts a nearby body.
	The value of a scorecard element in relation to the values of other elements of the same type.

	appesantire
	add weight

	gravare
	oppress

	massa
	physics: mass

	ponderare
	in mathematics

aggravio

beneficio

caricare

carico

forza peso

gravità

guadagno

importanza

interesse

misurare

onere

pesantezza

peso corporeo

profitto

vantaggio

Altri significati:

(statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.

(visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.

weight (as used in balances)

(physics) Mass (net weight, atomic weight, molecular weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).

(weightlifting) A disc of iron, dumbbell, or barbell used for training the muscles.

(transitive) To add weight to something, in order to make it heavier.

(transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.

(transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.

The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is influenced by).

(topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.

(typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.

measuring weights

(visual art) The illusion of mass.

An object used to make something heavier.

weight (e.g. paperweight)

weight (of a load)

sinker (fishing)

(transitive) To bias something; to slant.

A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.

(transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

(visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.

body (esp. of food, wine, etc.)

Importance or influence

measure