| weight | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. weight | the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity. |
| ~ physical property | any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions. |
| ~ body weight | the weight of a person's body. |
| ~ dead weight | a heavy motionless weight. |
| ~ heaviness, weightiness | the property of being comparatively great in weight.; "the heaviness of lead" |
| ~ poundage | weight expressed in pounds. |
| ~ tare | the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo. |
| ~ throw-weight | the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket). |
| ~ weightlessness, lightness | the property of being comparatively small in weight.; "the lightness of balsa wood" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. exercising weight, free weight, weight | 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. |
| ~ barbell | a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting. |
| ~ dumbbell | an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle. |
| ~ sports equipment | equipment needed to participate in a particular sport. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. weight, weightiness | the relative importance granted to something.; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed" |
| ~ importance | the quality of being important and worthy of note.; "the importance of a well-balanced diet" |
| n. (artifact) | 4. weight | an artifact that is heavy. |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ bob | a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string. |
| ~ counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer, balance | a weight that balances another weight. |
| ~ load, loading, burden | weight to be borne or conveyed. |
| ~ makeweight | a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight. |
| ~ paperweight | a weight used to hold down a stack of papers. |
| ~ sinker | a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water). |
| n. (feeling) | 5. weight | an oppressive feeling of heavy force.; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility" |
| ~ oppressiveness, oppression | a feeling of being oppressed. |
| n. (quantity) | 6. system of weights, weight | a system of units used to express the weight of something. |
| ~ system of measurement, metric | a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic. |
| ~ avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight | a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains). |
| ~ troy, troy weight | a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains. |
| n. (quantity) | 7. weight, weight unit | a unit used to measure weight.; "he placed two weights in the scale pan" |
| ~ unit, unit of measurement | any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume" |
| ~ troy unit | any of the unit of the troy system of weights. |
| ~ apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight | any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces. |
| ~ arroba | a unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries. |
| ~ cattie, catty | any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams). |
| ~ crith | the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure). |
| ~ frail | the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds. |
| ~ last | a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds. |
| ~ maund | a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in different countries.; "the official maund in India is 82.6 pounds avoirdupois" |
| ~ obolus | a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram. |
| ~ oka | a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds. |
| ~ picul | a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry). |
| ~ pood | a Russian unit of weight equal to approximately 36 pounds. |
| ~ rotl | a unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds. |
| ~ tael | a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces. |
| ~ tod | a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds. |
| ~ welterweight | a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase). |
| n. (quantity) | 8. weight, weighting | (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance. |
| ~ statistics | a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters. |
| ~ coefficient | a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic. |
| v. (contact) | 9. burden, burthen, weight, weight down | weight down with a load. |
| ~ overburden | load with excessive weight. |
| ~ plumb | weight with lead. |
| ~ charge | fill or load to capacity.; "charge the wagon with hay" |
| ~ saddle | load or burden; encumber.; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. angle, slant, weight | present with a bias.; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" |
| ~ bias, predetermine | cause to be biased. |
| offset | | |
| n. (time) | 1. beginning, commencement, first, get-go, kickoff, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time | the time at which something is supposed to begin.; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" |
| ~ birth | the time when something begins (especially life).; "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" |
| ~ incipience, incipiency | beginning to exist or to be apparent.; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency" |
| ~ point in time, point | an instant of time.; "at that point I had to leave" |
| ~ starting point, terminus a quo | earliest limiting point. |
| ~ threshold | the starting point for a new state or experience.; "on the threshold of manhood" |
| n. (possession) | 2. counterbalance, offset | a compensating equivalent. |
| ~ compensation | something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury). |
| n. (plant) | 3. offset, runner, stolon | a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips. |
| ~ plant organ | a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus. |
| n. (phenomenon) | 4. branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowth | a natural consequence of development. |
| ~ consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| n. (communication) | 5. offset, offset printing | a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper. |
| ~ printing process, printing | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication. |
| ~ photo-offset, photo-offset printing | a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates. |
| ~ letterset printing | image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. offset, set-back, setoff | structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| v. (stative) | 7. countervail, offset | compensate for or counterbalance.; "offset deposits and withdrawals" |
| ~ balance, equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate | bring into balance or equilibrium.; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" |
| v. (stative) | 8. cancel, offset, set off | make up for.; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" |
| ~ countervail, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize | oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions.; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues" |
| ~ balance, equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate | bring into balance or equilibrium.; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" |
| v. (possession) | 9. offset | cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface. |
| ~ transfer | move from one place to another.; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital" |
| v. (creation) | 10. offset | create an offset in.; "offset a wall" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (creation) | 11. offset | produce by offset printing.; "offset the conference proceedings" |
| ~ print, impress | reproduce by printing. |
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