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WEIGHT TESTER

Specialty Definition: WEIGHT TESTER

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Occupations

Tends machine that records variations in weight along sample strip of paper or other material: Inserts end of sample strip into testing machine to obtain reading on graph of basic weight of sample. Turns dial to bring weight indicator to center line on graph to calibrate machine for weight of material tested. Starts feed rolls that carry sample strip through machine to record variations in weight of material on graph. Calculates percentage of variation in material weight, using formula or chart. Fills machine ink reservoir, using dropper. (references)
 Weighs and adjusts weight of shuttlecocks: Places shuttlecock (purposely made underweight) on balance scale and reads weight on meter. Positions lead disks on center of cork base of shuttlecock with tweezers until specified weight is indicated by meter (weight must be standard to ensure uniform speed of shuttlecock in flight). Presses lead disks into drilled cork with hand punch. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: WEIGHT TESTER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dead weight tester

27
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: WEIGHT TESTER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-g-h-i-r-s-t-t-t-w"

-3 letters: weighters, whittrets.

-4 letters: grisette, reweighs, rightest, teethers, tergites, thewiest, tightest, tweeters, twitters, weighers, weighter, whetters, whitters, whittret.

-5 letters: eeriest, esthete, getters, heister, hitters, resight, retwist, reweigh, sheeter, sighter, strette, stretti, sweeter, sweetie, swither, teeters, teether, teethes, tergite, testier, tethers, tetters, thewier, tighter, tithers, titters, tritest, tweeter, twister, twitter, weigher, weights, wethers, wetters, wettest.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-g-h-i-r-s-t-t-t-w"
 

+4 letters: watertightnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: WEIGHT TESTER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 45 49 47 48 54      54 45 53 54 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01000101 01001001 01000111 01001000 01010100 00100000 01010100 01000101 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#69 &#73 &#71 &#72 &#84 &#32 &#84 &#69 &#83 &#84 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0045 0049 0047 0048 0054      0054 0045 0053 0054 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5739434142542543953543952

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2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
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