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weight noun (INFLUENCE)
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(Definition of weight from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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weight noun (MEASURE OF HOW HEAVY)
weight noun (INFLUENCE)
weightlessness
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Examples of weight
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All characters were run unordered and equally weighted.
Retrospective index weights used in multiple trait selection in maize breeding programme.
Because sustained injury was not part of the question, we adopted a conservative approach to weighting which may underestimate maltreatment.
Probability weighting in choice under risk: an empirical test.
However, even non-numerical weights are contained within numerical bounds.
Different weights are attached to additional life years gained by people according to the social class they belong to.
In doing so, they guarantee that weights have to be uniform in the aggregation of individual utilities.
Changes in actual collection times come closer to a welfare impact but need to be weighted by the opportunity cost of time.
Should we then give up the assumption of feature weighting or the assumed connection between weighting and prefrontal cortex?
29-48%, while bunch weights in control plots in trial 2 had coefficients of variation of 23-37% (table 3).
What are the attributes and what are their weights?
Yield components (number of capsules per plant, the 1000-seed weights and seeds per capsule) were recorded.
Other weights may be regarded as more suitable depending on the circumstances.
At each vine harvest the numbers and the fresh weights were recorded.
The effect of the transgene was dependent on the genetic background for almost all body weights and relative gonadal-fat-pad weights, but less for fat content.
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After 16 weeks the estimated weight of each plerocercoid was compared with its actual weight after being recovered from the body cavity.
The expression ' never ever ' in this extract lends added weight to the respondent's statement that she does not drink.
Animals of approximate weight of 100 g were infected by gastric intubation.
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