ALL meanings of weighted
weight·ed
W w - adjective weighted having additional weight. 1
- adjective weighted burdened: weighted with sorrow. 1
- adjective weighted adjusted or adapted to a representative value, especially in determining the value of a legislator's vote as proportionate to the population of that legislator's constituency. 1
- noun weighted the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs. 1
- noun weighted Physics. the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational acceleration, as a measure of mass. 1
- noun weighted a system of units for expressing heaviness or mass: avoirdupois weight. 1
- noun weighted a unit of heaviness or mass: The pound is a common weight in English-speaking countries. 1
- noun weighted a body of determinate mass, as of metal, for using on a balance or scale in weighing objects, substances, etc. 1
- noun weighted a specific quantity of a substance that is determined by weighing or that weighs a fixed amount: a half-ounce weight of gold dust. 1
- noun weighted any heavy load, mass, or object: Put down that weight and rest your arms. 1
- noun weighted an object used or useful solely because of its heaviness: the weights of a clock. 1
- noun weighted a mental or moral burden, as of care, sorrow, or responsibility: Knowing you are safe takes a weight off my mind. 1
- noun weighted importance, moment, consequence, or effective influence: an opinion of great weight. 1
- noun weighted Simple past tense and past participle of weight. 1
- noun weighted Statistics. a measure of the relative importance of an item in a statistical population. 1
- noun weighted relative heaviness or thickness as related to warmth or to seasonal use (often used in combination): a winter-weight jacket. relative heaviness or thickness as related to use: a bolt of coat-weight woolen cloth. 1
- noun weighted Printing. (of type) the degree of blackness or boldness. 1
- noun weighted (especially in boxing) a division or class to which a contestant belongs according to how much he weighs: two brothers who fight professionally in the same weight. 1
- noun weighted the total amount the jockey, saddle, and leads must weigh on a racehorse during a race, according to the conditions of the race: Jacinto has a weight of 122 pounds in the seventh race. 1
- noun weighted the stress or accent value given a sound, syllable, or word. 1
- verb with object weighted to add weight to; load with additional weight: to weight sacks before dumping them overboard. 1
- verb with object weighted to load (fabrics, threads, etc.) with mineral or other matter to increase the weight or bulk. 1
- verb with object weighted to burden with or as if with weight (often followed by down): Financial worries have weighted that family down for years. 1
- verb with object weighted Statistics. to give a statistical weight to. 1
- verb with object weighted to bias or slant toward a particular goal or direction; manipulate: The teacher weighted the test so students who had read both books would make the highest marks. 1
- verb with object weighted to assign (a racehorse) a specific weight to carry in a race: The handicapper weighted Dapper Dan with 128 pounds. 1
- idioms weighted by weight, according to measurement of heaviness or mass: Rates are determined by weight. 1
- idioms weighted carry weight, to have importance or significance; influence: Her opinion is certain to carry weight. 1
- idioms weighted pull one's weight, to contribute one's rightful share of work to a project or job: We will finish in time if we each pull our weight. Also, pull one's own weight. 1
- idioms weighted throw one's weight around / about, to use one's power and influence, especially beyond the bounds of propriety, to secure some personal gain. 1
- adjective weighted A system that is weighted in favour of a particular person or group is organized so that this person or group has an advantage. 0
- adjective weighted biased 0