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Definition: LIGHT WEIGHT |
LIGHT WEIGHT1. A prize fighter, boxer, wrestler, or jockey, who is below a standard medium weight. Cf. Feather weight , under Feather . [Cant] |
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Food & Agriculture | The weight of a vessel when unloaded. It includes hull and fittings, engines and boilers, shafting and propellers, water in boilers, condensers, and pipes, feed water, permanent ballast. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Light weight.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Travel | Chad | Light weight suits are appropriate throughout the year. (references) |
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Expression using "LIGHT WEIGHT": give light weight. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "LIGHT WEIGHT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lehká váha v boxu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | letvægt (light displacement), letskibs-deplacement (light displacement), egenvægt (dead load, dead loading, light displacement, tare, tare weight, unladen weight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lightweight (light displacement), lege waterverplaatsing (light displacement), leeggewicht (light displacement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tyhjäpaino (light displacement), kevytpaino (light displacement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | déplacement lège (light displacement), déplacement vide (light displacement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | leichte Verdrängung (light displacement), Leergewicht (dead weight, DELIVERY EMPTY WEIGHT, light displacement, tare, tare weight, unladen weight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βάρος κενού πλοίου (light displacement), εκτόπισμα άφορτου πλοίου (light displacement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | קל משקל, קל ערך (petty, trifling, trivial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | könnyûsúlyú, könnyûsúly. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dislocamento a nave scarica (light displacement, lightweight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 軽量 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けいりょう (computation, measurement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | meih giare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ightlay eightway deslocamento leve (light displacement). (various references) da lipsã la cântar (give light weight). (various references) спортсмен легкого веса, несерьезный человек, легкий вес, легкий (airy, cheap, cushy, delicate, easy, easygoing, effortless, ethereal, facile, flimsy, gentle, gossamery, light, lightsome, lightweight, mild, potty, runaway, sketchy, toilless, unlabored, unlaboured). (various references) laka kategorija (lightweight), lak (cyclecar, easy, facile, go easy, lac, lacker, lacquer, lakh, light, lightweight, soft, varnish). (various references) desplazamiento en rosca (light displacement, lightweight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lightweight. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-g-h-h-i-i-l-t-t-w" | |
-3 letters: twilight. | |
-4 letters: whittle. | |
-5 letters: eighth, giglet, height, higgle, twilit, weight, wiggle, wiglet. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-g-h-h-i-i-l-t-t-w" | |
+1 letter: lightweights. | |
+5 letters: ultralightweight. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 49 47 48 54 57 45 49 47 48 54 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 00100000 01010111 01000101 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L I G H T   W E I G H T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0049 0047 0048 0054 0057 0045 0049 0047 0048 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46434142542573943414254 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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