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Flyweight

A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.

📖 Definitions of "Flyweight"

noun

1
A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
2
A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms.
3
(adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.

🔄 Synonyms of "Flyweight"

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Word	Definition
lightnoun	(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Flyweight"

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Word	Definition
lightnoun	(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
centrifugal forcenoun	In everyday understanding, the effect that tends to move an object away from the center of a circle it is rotating about (a consequence of inertia).
weighthnoun	Misspelling of weight. [The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.]
weightnoun	The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
fictitious forcenoun	(physics) A force that appears to act on masses in a noninertial frame of reference.
dynamic	Changing; active; in motion.
throw-weightnoun	(military) A measure of the effective weight of ballistic missile payloads, given in kilograms or tonnes.
active gravitational massnoun	(physics) The mass of an object measured via the gravitational force that it exerts
couplenoun	Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
form factornoun	(engineering, design, commerce) The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design; configuration.
torquenoun	(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)
free bodynoun	(physics) A body singled out in order to analyze the forces acting on it, such as in a free body diagram.
support forcenoun	A force that completely balances the weight of an object at rest.
buoyancynoun	The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
gyrofluidnoun	(physics) A fluid that is undergoing gyroscopic movement; used attributively to describe the flow effects of rotation.
frame draggingnoun	(physics) The bending out of shape of space and time near a rotating body, as predicted by general relativity.
forcenoun	Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
gravitynoun	(physics) The phenomenon that, on earth, objects have weight; the similar phenomenon on other celestial bodies such as the moon.
flyby anomalynoun	(physics) The discrepancy between current scientific models and the actual increase in speed observed during a planetary flyby by a spacecraft.
precessionnoun	(physics, countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.