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Avoirdupois weight

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avoirdupoisnoun(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
kilogrammenoun(British spelling) Alternative spelling of kilogram. [In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg]
weighingverbThe process by which something is weighed.
pennyweightnounA unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
body weightnounAlternative form of bodyweight. [The weight or mass of an organism.]
weightingnoun(figuratively) The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.
carry weightverbTo have influence.
equivalent weightnoun(chemistry) The atomic weight of an element or radical divided by its valence; the molecular weight of a compound divided by its combining power in a specific reaction.
weightagenounSynonym of weighting.
kilogramnounIn the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
kilogramsnounIn the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10⁻³⁴ when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
atomic weightnoun(physics) A term used to represent the mean relative atomic mass of an element in nature, as distinct from the relative atomic mass of a single isotope.
weigh outverb(transitive) To divide (something) into portions by weight.
weighedverb(transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
birth weightnounThe weight of a baby at birth.
tare weightTare weight , sometimes called unladen weight, is the weight of an empty vehicle or container.
weighmasternounSomebody who professionally weighs goods, a weigher.
birthweightnounThe amount that a baby weighs at the time of birth.
weightinessnounThe quality of being weighty.
weighableable to be weighed

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