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"WEIGHTS" is a plural of: weight. |
Date "WEIGHTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Bible | Weights Reduced to English troy-weight, the Hebrew weights were: (1.) The gerah (Lev. 27:25; Num. 3:47), a Hebrew word, meaning a grain or kernel, and hence a small weight. It was the twentieth part of a shekel, and equal to 12 grains. (2.) Bekah (Ex. 38:26), meaning "a half" i.e., "half a shekel," equal to 5 pennyweight. (3.) Shekel, "a weight," only in the Old Testament, and frequently in its original form (Gen. 23:15, 16; Ex. 21:32; 30:13, 15; 38:24-29, etc.). It was equal to 10 pennyweight. (4.) Ma'neh, "a part" or "portion" (Ezek. 45:12), equal to 60 shekels, i.e., to 2 lbs. 6 oz. (5.) Talent of silver (2 Kings 5:22), equal to 3,000 shekels, i.e., 125 lbs. (6.) Talent of gold (Ex. 25:39), double the preceding, i.e., 250 lbs. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Weights, Measures, Values. The names of weights, measures, and values, when considered as wholes, require singular verbs, and when considered as units require verbs in the plural. "There is twenty shillings in my purse," meaning one pound in value. "There are twenty shillings in my purse," meaning twenty separate coins, each being a shilling. "Sixty-three gallons equals a hogshead." "Ten tons of coal are consumed daily." Source: Slips of Speech. |
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This is an article from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. This article is written from a nineteenth century Christian viewpoint, and may not reflect modern opinions or recent discoveries in Biblical scholarship. Please help the Wikipedia by bringing this article up to date.Weights - Reduced to English troy-weight, the Hebrew weights were:
From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Gerah (Lev. 27:25; Num. 3:47), a Hebrew word, meaning a grain or kernel, and hence a small weight. It was the twentieth part of a shekel, and equal to 12 grains.
- Bekah (Ex. 38:26), meaning "a half" i.e., "half a shekel," equal to 5 pennyweight.
- Shekel, "a weight," only in the Old Testament, and frequently in its original form (Gen. 23:15, 16; Ex. 21:32; 30:13, 15; 38:24-29, etc.). It was equal to 10 pennyweight.
- Ma'neh, "a part" or "portion" (Ezek. 45:12), equal to 60 shekels, i.e., to 2 lbs. 6 oz.
- Talent of silver (2 Kings 5:22), equal to 3,000 shekels, i.e., 125 lbs.
- Talent of gold (Ex. 25:39), double the preceding, i.e., 250 lbs.
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In physics, the weight of an object is the force exerted upon it due to gravity, W=mg. The SI unit is the newton (N).
In a constant gravitational field like the Earth's, this force is proportional to the object's mass, and as a result the terms are often used interchangeably and indeed went historically undistinguished. The CPGM recommends that the word 'weight' be used to refer only to force, and not to mass. The verb 'to weigh' however may be used for mass determinations.
Related to the historical identification of mass and weight, the pound has been used both as a unit of mass and as a unit of force. In the United States, United Kingdom, and elsewhere, the pound is now officially defined as a unit of mass. The corresponding force is called a pound-force, and similarly the weight of a kilogram of material on Earth is called a kilogram-force. However, the use of pounds to measure forces is still common in engineering, and it occurs in derived units like p.s.i. (pounds per square inch). In most countries, scientists have adopted SI units, which use kilogram for mass and newton for force non-interchangeably.
The experience of having no weight is known as weightlessness.
- (More basically: weight (on Earth) is a force we feel from the ground which is stopping us being pulled to the centre of the Earth. If we are in true free-fall, we feel no weight because there is no force to stop us accelerating under gravity.)
Weight is also the title of the 1994 album by the group Rollins Band.
See also: Hebrew weights
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Given a set S of complex matrices, each of which is diagonalizable and any two of which commute under multiplication, it is always possible to diagonalize all the elements of S simultaneously. In basis-free terms, for any set of mutually commuting semisimple operators on a finite-dimensional complex vector space V there exists a basis of V consisting of simultaneous eigenvectors of all elements of S. To each such basis vector, there is a function assigning each element of S its corresponding eigenvalue. Such a function is called a weight.
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Suppose the elements of S form a topological group isomorphic to the real numbers under addition. A weight is then a continuous additive-to-multiplicative homomorphism φ: R→C×. It is easy to see that all such homomorphisms are of the form φ = φy for some y in C, where
More generally, if S is a real vector space W, any continuous homomorphism from S to C× is given by a vector y in the complexification of the dual space W* of W. The homomophism φy will be unitary (i.e., have absolute value 1 for all x in W) if any only if y lies in W* itself.
This situation arises typically in the representation theory of Lie algebras. If S is an abelian subalgebra of a real Lie algebra g (i.e., the Lie bracket of any two elements of S is 0) and V is a representation space of g, we obtain a set of mutually commuting operators on V indexed by S. If we choose S judiciously, we can arrange that these operators should be semi-simple. Therefore, V determines a set of weights (with multiplicities) in the (possibly complexified) dual space of S.
Alternatively, if S is the topological group S1, i.e., a circle, which we identify with the unit circle in the complex plane, a weight on S is given by an integer m: &phim(s) = sm. More generally, if S is a compact connected commutative Lie group (and therefore isomorphic to the n-torus (S1)n for some n), the possible weights of S are given by n-tuples of integers. This situation arises typically in the representation theory of compact Lie groups, where S is typically taken to be a maximal torus, i.e., a maximal compact connected commutative Lie group.
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Gravity | Weighing, ponderation, trutination; weights; avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight; grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod. |
Measurement | Metrology, weights and measures, compound arithmetic. |
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Crosswords: WEIGHTS |
| English words defined with "WEIGHTS": Accumulation of energy, Apothecaries' weight, assize, Assizer, avoirdupois, avoirdupois unit, Avoirdupois weight ♦ Barycentric calculus, bench press, Berzelius, bola, British system ♦ Catadrome, Combining weight ♦ Decimalism, denomination, Double-hung, Draught engine ♦ English system ♦ Funicular machine, Funicular polygon ♦ Galileo, Galileo Galilei ♦ Hand screw ♦ Jons Jakob Berzelius ♦ metric system, Microcrith, Middle weight, molecular weight ♦ Parting strip, Physical isomerism, Points of suspension, press, pump ♦ Questman ♦ Race cloth ♦ Seine, standardise, standardize ♦ Trispaston, troy, troy unit, troy weight ♦ Unit of measure ♦ weight, weight unit, weightlift, weightlifting, Wheel and axle, Whirling table, Window box. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "WEIGHTS": Catch Weights ♦ falsification of weights and measures ♦ moving weights. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "WEIGHTS": Questman. (references) |
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Screenplays | you know it takes a little time to find that out. And you, you sick of some jerk shoving you head down the toilet? Well maybe you should lift some weights or take a karate lesson and the next time hes tries it you kick him in the balls (Donnie Darko; writing credit: Richard Kelly) And now I've got to go out there and start dating weights, and I don't even know what dating weights mean, it's all metrics now. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) Do you know that the human head weights eight pounds (Jerry Maguire; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) The Asgard would never invent a weapon that propels small weights of iron and carbon alloys, by igniting a powder of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulphur (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright) Dad, you know the weights are not my thing (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; writing credit: Stuart Gordon; Brian Yuzna) | |
Lyrics | Sacario the name hold weights the whole issue (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Reduced Weights (1929) | |
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 | This image depicts adenovirus. Computer graphics are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. This data may consist of chemical weights and measures and the structure of specific elements. A three-dimensional image can be made so one can visualize an otherwise minute structure. Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer). |  | Shown is a DNA molecule. Computer graphic images are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. This data may consist of chemical elements and weights to specific colors that depict these weights and measures. Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer). |
 | Figure 50. Diagram of the relative position of the Vessel, the Weights, and the Dredge, in dredging in deep water. Library Call Number GC75 .T48 2nd ed. 1874. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 26 (cont.) The Leger dredge sounder after sampling and in the ascent mode. Note that the weights were retained on the instrument and not jettisoned on the seafloor. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Lock sounder of the HIRONDELLE. Figure 1 is a view as it makes contact with the bottom. Figure 2 shows the sounding tube sampler returning to the surface after jettisoning its weights. Plate II, left side. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 84. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Has guns removed from her forward 6"/47 turrets, during overhaul and battle damage repairs at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa September 1943. The upper section of her midships searchlight platform is hanging from a crane in the immediate background. It was removed to reduce the ship's topside weights. Note men in colored "hard hats" in the foreground. Credit: NAVY. |
 | "Jury Rudder for the Nipsic. 22 feet-long, with Bollards filled with grape shot for weights. Made at Apia, it worked satisfactorily on a voyage of over 3000 miles from Pango-Pango -- to Fanning Island and Honolulu -- called by the sailors The 'Admiral's Fiddle'" Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal journal of the Apia Hurricane, photographed against the text of one of the journal's pages. It shows the jury rudder made for USS Nipsic. Credit: NAVY. |  | Pendulum or oscillating clock mechanisms, showing escapement mechanism, curved metal strips to check swing of pendulum, and clock with pendulum and weights. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Gene Tunney, full-length portrait, standing, right profile, lifting weights on pulleys. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Boxer training with weights. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Yard clutter" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "Some old weights. They have actually become part of my landscaping." |
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Francis Bacon | God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | Let there be one measure of wine throughout our whole realm; and one measure of ale; and one measure of corn, to wit, "the London quarter"; and one width of cloth (whether dyed, or russet, or "halberget"), to wit, two ells within the selvedges; of weights also let it be as of measures. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; Clause 2: To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; Clause 4: To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; Clause 5: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; Clause 6: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States; Clause 7: To establish Post Offices and post Roads; Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; Clause 9: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; Clause 10: To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; Clause 11: To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; Clause 12: To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Clause 13: To provide and maintain a Navy; Clause 14: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; Clause 15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; Clause 16: To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; Clause 17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, byCession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;--And Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. (reference) |
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A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Upon the floor within, were piled up heaps of rusty keys, nails, chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all kinds |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He wrote them in the book, with a space left for the weights. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | And to this purpose several packthreads were let down with small weights at the bottom |
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Health | Infants born to mothers with malaria often will have low birth weights. (references) | |
Some people have found that small weights around the ankles can help stability. (references) | ||
Tables of desirable weights for height associated with lowest mortalities in insured populations. (references) | ||
Business | Guatemala uses both the metric and English systems of weights and measures. (references) | |
Many telecom heavy weights are planning to leap into the IMT-2000 fray and are already forming strategic alliances across industries. (references) | ||
While the bodybuilding boom is also generating sales, Germans apparently are not so much interested in training with iron weights simply to increase one's physical strength. (references) | ||
Economic History | Moldova | The weighted average import tariff was 4.8 percent in 1999 (using 1998 trade weights), and 4.5 percent in 2000 (using 1999 trade weights). (references) |
Brazil | The Brazilian oil and gas sector is considered today one of the most attractive markets for U.S. industry due to Petrobras's (Federal oil and gas producer) ambitious investment plans and to the significant presence of heavy weights in both upstream and downstream segments. (references) | |
France | Mutual recognition agreements covering the testing and certification of certain specified regulated products have been negotiated by the United States and the EU. Information about these agreements and efforts to extend them can be found at the website of the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue, www.TABD.com. The National Institute of Standards and Technology, www.NIST.gov, is represented at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, www.BIPM.fr, located in Sevres, France, and may be of assistance to firms. (references) | |
Human Rights | Nepal | According to AI, torture methods include boxing of the ears, beating of the feet, and the rolling of weights over the thighs. (references) |
Turkey | Commonly employed methods of torture reported by the HRF's treatment centers include: Systematic beatings; stripping and blindfolding; exposure to extreme cold or high-pressure cold water hoses; electric shocks; beatings on the soles of the feet (falaka) and genitalia; hanging by the arms; food and sleep deprivation; heavy weights hung on the body; water dripped onto the head; burns; hanging sandbags on the neck; near-suffocation by placing bags over the head; vaginal and anal rape with truncheons and, in some instances, gun barrels; squeezing and twisting of testicles; and other forms of sexual abuse. (references) | |
Political Economy | JAMAICA | Standards, testing, labeling, and certification: The Jamaican Bureau of Standards administers the Standards Act, the Processed Food Act,and the Weights and Measures Act. (references) |
Trade | Uruguay | Uruguay uses the metric system of weights and measures. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan uses the metric system for weights and measures. (references) | |
Armenia | The country uses the metric system of weights and measures. (references) | |
Travel | Poland | Poland uses the metric system of weights and measures. (references) |
Panama | The U.S. system of weights and measures and the metric system are both used in Panama. (references) | |
Lebanon | BUSINESS CUSTOMS: Lebanon uses the metric system of weights and measures, and the monetary unit is the Lebanese pound (LL), also called the Lira. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Cameroon | These tasks include moving heavy weights, dangerous and unhealthy tasks, working in confined areas, or tasks, such as prostitution, which could hurt a child's morality. (references) |
Peru | The law prohibits children from engaging in certain types of employment, such as work underground, work that involves the lifting and carrying of heavy weights, work where the child or adolescent is responsible for the safety of others; night work; or any work that jeopardizes the health of children and adolescents, puts at risk their physical, mental, and emotional development, or prevents their regular attendance at school. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ILLUMINATI, n. A sect of Spanish heretics of the latter part of the sixteenth century; so called because they were light weights -- cunctationes illuminati. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The establishment of an uniform standard of weights and measures was one of the specific objects contemplated in the formation of our Constitution, and to fix that standard was on of the powers delegated by express terms in that instrument to Congress. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | At the last session of Congress the making of a set of weights and measures for each State in the Union was added to the others by a joint resolution. |
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| "WEIGHTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.43% of the time. "WEIGHTS" is used about 880 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.43% | 875 | 8,122 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.45% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 880 | N/A |
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Expressions using "WEIGHTS": Body Weights and Measures ♦ chemical atomic weights ♦ falsification of weights and measures ♦ imperial weights and measures ♦ indexing by weights ♦ inspector of weights and measures ♦ moving weights ♦ set of weights ♦ stability of weights ♦ system of weights ♦ system of weights and measures ♦ table of weights and measures ♦ weights and measures. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "WEIGHTS": weights-rise. | |
Ending with "WEIGHTS": gold-weights, loom-weights. | |
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| Language | Translations for "WEIGHTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | komplet gurët peshe (set of weights). (various references) | |
Chinese | 重量 (av, Avoirdupois, heft, Weight). (various references) | |
Danish | Internationale bureau for Maal og Vaegt (IBWM, International Bureau of Weights and Measures), BIPH (IBWM, International Bureau of Weights and Measures), bremserne er vigtige dele af spilsystemet,idet er dem,der bruges til at stoppe bevaegelsen i de tunge genstande,der saenkes ned i borehullet (as they are called upon to stop the movement of large weights being lowered into the hole, the brakes are important units of the draw-works assembly), CIPM (ICWM, International Committee for weights and measures), Den internationale Komité for Maalog Vegt (ICWM, International Committee for weights and measures), foeleren bestaar af et antal vippekontakter, der automatisk slutter ud fra hvilestillingen, naar afvigelsen fra den angivne retning overstiger to grader (the sensor consists of several pendulum weights which tip out of their dead position if the deviation from the planned alignment exceeds 2 degrees), frem-og tilbagegående ryster med klodser (reciprocating shaker with counteracting weights), frem-og tilbagegående ryster med modvirkende vægte (reciprocating shaker with counteracting weights), glidende sammenvejningsfaktorer (moving weights), glidende vægte (moving weights), ballast (ballast), Indeksering med vaegtning (indexing by weights, weighted indexing), vaegtstabilitet (stability of weights), modløbsryster med centrifugalvægte (reciprocating shaker with counteracting weights), overlæsvægt (ballast box, overload weights), reciprokke af vægt (reciprocal of the weights, weight reciprocal), roterende ryster med modvirkende vægte (rotating shaker with counteracting weights), ryster med klodser (rotating shaker with counteracting weights), ryster med roterende centrifugalvægte (rotating shaker with counteracting weights), synk (ballast, ballast *, bottom weights, sinker, weight, weight **), vægtbakke (ballast box, overload weights), vægtkasse (ballast box, overload weights), vaegtindeksering (indexing by weights, weighted indexing), hjulvægt (ballast weights, ballasting, wheel weight). (various references) | |
Dutch | wet van de 22ste april 1937, tot nieuwe regeling betreffende de maten, gewichten, meet- en wegwerktuigen (Weights and Measures Act), Internationaal Comité voor Maten en Gewichten (ICWM, International Committee for weights and measures), balanceergewichten (tuning weights), balans (balance, balance sheet, equilibrium, fly, scales), ballast (ballast), ballastbak (ballast box, overload weights), de remmen zijn belangrijke onderdelen van de rotarykraan aangezien hiermee de zware onderdelen die in het boorgat worden neergelaten,gestopt moeten kunnen worden (as they are called upon to stop the movement of large weights being lowered into the hole, the brakes are important units of the draw-works assembly), heen-en-weerschudder met massa in onbalans (reciprocating shaker with counteracting weights), ICMG (ICWM, International Committee for weights and measures), ijkambtenaar (Weights and Measures Inspector), Ambtenaar van het IJkwezen (Weights and Measures Inspector), Ijkwet 1937 (Weights and Measures Act), loodstang (steel rod bearing the plummet weights), reciproke van de gewichten (reciprocal of the weights, weight reciprocal), roterende schudder met massa in onbalans (rotating shaker with counteracting weights), stabiliteitsmoment van het gewicht (stability of weights), trillingdempende balansgewichten (anti-node balance weights), veranderende gewichten (moving weights), vervalsing van maten en gewichten (tampering with weights and measures), verzwaren met balanceergewichtjes (ballast weights, ballasting, wheel weight), ijker (Weights and Measures Inspector). (various references) | |
Finnish | vakaaja (inspector of weights and measures), painotus (indexing by weights, ran query, weight, weighted indexing, weighting), painon käänteisarvo (reciprocal of the weights, weight reciprocal), mitan ja painon väärentäminen (tampering with weights and measures), liukuvat painot (moving weights), käänteispaino (reciprocal of the weights, weight reciprocal). (various references) | |
French | les freins sont des mécanismes importants de l'ensemble treuil-transmission,puisqu'ils doivent arrêter le mouvement de lourdes charges au fur et à mesure de la descente de celles-ci dans le trou (as they are called upon to stop the movement of large weights being lowered into the hole), alourdissement (ballast weights, weighting, wheel weight), balance avec dispositif de commutation de masses (scales with built-in weights), BIPM (International Bureau of Weights and Measures), Bureau international des poids et mesures (International Bureau of Weights and Measures), caisson de lestage (overload weights), CGPM (General Conference of Weights and Measures), CIPM (International Committee for weights and measures), coefficient du système inverseur (reciprocal of the weights, weight reciprocal), Comité international des poids et mesures (International Committee for weights and measures), Conférence Générale des Poids et des Mesures (General Conference of Weights and Measures), falsification des poids et mesures (falsification of weights and measures, tampering with weights and measures), fausse monnaie,falsification des timbres officiels de valeur,des marques officielles,des poids et mesures (weights and measures), indexation avec pondération (indexing by weights, weighted indexing), agent verificateur des poids et mesures (Weights and Measures Inspector), masses chinoises (tuning weights), tige de plombage (steel rod bearing the plummet weights), stabilité de poids (stability of weights), secoueur à masselottes à mouvement rotatif (rotating shaker with counteracting weights), secoueur à masselottes à mouvement alternatif (reciprocating shaker with counteracting weights), poids variables (moving weights), instrument de pesage à masses commutables (scales with built-in weights), masses de réglage (tuning weights), le palpeur est constitué par plusieurs masses basculantes montées sur pointes, qui basculent hors de leur position de repos dès que l'écart avec l'orientation imposée dépasse deux degrés (the sensor consists of several pendulum weights which tip out of their dead position if the deviation from the planned alignment exceeds 2 degrees), masse d'alourdissement (ballast weights, wheel weight), masse d'équilibrage anti-noeuds (anti-node balance weights), Loi sur les Poids et Mesures, 1937 (Weights and Measures Act), lest (ballast weights, pressure weights, weight), les poids des monnaies entrant dans la composition de l'ECU feront l'objet d'un réexamen et, au besoin, d'une révision dans un délai de six mois à compter de l'entrée en vigueur du système et par la suite tous les cinq ans ou, sur demande, si le poi (if the weight of any currency has changed by 25 per cent, the weights of currencies in the ECU will be re-examined and if necessary revised within six months of the entry into force of the system and thereafter every five years or), unités de poids et de mesures (units of weights and measures), plateau de lestage (overload weights). (various references) | |
German | Gewichte (hefts). (various references) | |
Greek | σταθμά (measure), βάρη. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szívességet kér (to put the acid on, to put the weights on), kölcsönt kér (to put the acid on, to put the hard word on, to put the nips in, to put the weights on). (various references) | |
Indonesian | timbangan (criticism, opinion, pair of scales, rather than). (various references) | |
Italian | pesi. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 重石 (stone weights on pickle-tub covers), 重し石 (stone weights on pickle-tub covers), 度量衡 (weights and measures), フランス窓 (FC, flamberge, flannel, flick, franchise, franchise chain, freak, free, free agent, free dial, free kick, free sex, free skating, free talking, free tax, free throw, free time, free trade, free weights, freedom, freesia, free-software, freestyle, freeware, freeway, freeze, freeze-dry, freezer, French, French window, frieze, one size fits all, one whose livelihood is provided by part-time work, refrigerator, toll-free number, young people subsisting on part-time work), 尺貫法 (Japanese system of weights and measures). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おもしいし (stone weights on pickle-tub covers), おもし (stone weights on pickle-tub covers, weight), フリーウエイト (free weights), しゃっかんほう (Japanese system of weights and measures), どりょうこう (weights and measures). (various references) | |
Korean | 가중치 (Weight). (various references) | |
Manx | meihaghyn as towshanyn (weights and measures), fwirran meihaaghyn (a set of weights). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eightsway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | valor recíproco dos pesos (reciprocal of the weights, weight reciprocal), sacudidor de contrapesos de movimento rotativo (rotating shaker with counteracting weights), sacudidor de contrapesos de movimento alternativo (reciprocating shaker with counteracting weights), pesos móveis (moving weights), lastro (coverage), indexação com ponderação (indexing by weights, weighted indexing), falsificação dos pesos e medidas (tampering with weights and measures), contrapesos de equilíbrio (tuning weights), contrapesos de ajuste (tuning weights), contrapeso anti-nós (anti-node balance weights), contrapeso (balance, balance weight, counterbalance, counterpoise, equipoise, makeweight, plummet), caixa para pesos (ballast box, overload weights). (various references) | |
Romanian | tabel de mãsuri şi greutãţi (table of weights and measures). (various references) | |
Russian | разновес (set of weights). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tegovi (set of weights). (various references) | |
Spanish | pesos, pesas, cargas (cargoes, cargos). (various references) | |
Swedish | belastningar. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 23, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Desmeuousin gar fortia barea kai dusbastakta kai epitiqeasin epi touV wmouV twn anqrwpwn tw de daktulw autwn ou qelousin kinhsai auta |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Alligant autem onera gravia et inportabilia et inponunt in umeros hominum digito autem suo nolunt ea movere |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hyo bindeð hefige byrdene. þe manabere ne mæg. & leggeð þa up-on mannenexlan. & nelled hie þa mid heora fingreæt-hrinan. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei bynden greuouse chargis, and that moun not be borun, and putten on schuldris of men; but with her fyngur thei wolen not moue hem. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For they saye and do not. Ye and they bynde hevy burthes and grevous to be borne and ley the on menes shulders: but they themsylfes will not heave at them with one of their fyngers. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 23, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Nagabugkos silag mga mabug-at nga luwan nga malisud pas-anon, ug ila kining gibutang diha sa mga abaga sa mga tawo; apan sila gayud dili gani molihok niini bisan pinaagi na lang sa ilang tudlo. |
| Croatian | Vežu i ljudima na pleæa tovare teška bremena, a sami ni da bi ih prstom makli. |
| Danish | Men de binde svare Byrder, vanskelige at bære, og lægge dem på Menneskenes Skuldre;men selv ville de ikke bevæge dem med en Finger. |
| Dutch | Want zij binden lasten, die zwaar zijn en kwalijk om te dragen, en leggen ze op de schouderen der mensen; maar zij willen die met hun vinger niet verroeren. |
| Finnish | He sitovat kokoon raskaita ja vaikeasti kannettavia taakkoja ja panevat ne ihmisten hartioille, mutta itse he eivät tahdo niitä sormellaankaan liikuttaa. |
| French | Ils lient des fardeaux pesants, et les mettent sur les épaules des hommes, mais ils ne veulent pas les remuer du doigt. |
| German | Sie binden aber schwere und unerträgliche Bürden und legen sie den Menschen auf den Hals; aber sie selbst wollen dieselben nicht mit einem Finger regen. |
| Hungarian | Mert õk nehéz és elhordozhatatlan terheket kötöznek egybe, és az emberek vállaira vetik; de õk az ujjokkal sem akarják azokat illetni. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka menuntut hal-hal yang sulit dan memberi peraturan-peraturan yang berat, tetapi sedikit pun mereka tidak menolong orang menjalankannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka diikatkannya tanggungan yang berat dan yang sukar dipikul, lalu meletakkan di atas bahu orang, tetapi mereka itu sendiri dengan jarinya pun tiada mau menggerakkan dia. |
| Italian | Legano infatti pesanti fardelli e li impongono sulle spalle della gente, ma loro non vogliono muoverli neppure con un dito. |
| Manx Gaelic | Son t'ad kiangley erraghyn tromey as doillee dy ve er nyn ymmyrkey, as dyn goyrt ad er geayltyn deiney, agh cha lhie ad hene wheesh mair roo dy hroggal ad. |
| Maori | E hereherea ana hoki e ratou nga wahanga taimaha, he uaua me ka pikaua, a whakawaha iho ki runga ki nga pokohiwi o te tangata; heoi kahore ratou e pai kia whakakorikoria ki tetahi o o ratou maihao. |
| Norwegian | de binder svære byrder, som er vanskelige å bære, og legger dem på menneskenes skuldrer, men selv vil de ikke røre dem med sin finger. |
| Portuguese | Pois atam fardos pesados e difíceis de suportar, e os põem aos ombros dos homens; mas eles mesmos nem com o dedo querem movê-los. |
| Rumanian | Ei leagq sarcini grele wi cu anevoie de purtat, wi le pun pe umerii oamenilor, dar ei nici cu degetul nu vor sq le miwte. |
| Russian | УЧСЪЩЧБАФ ВТЕНЕОБ ФСЦЕМЩЕ Й ОЕХДПВПОПУЙНЩЕ Й ЧПЪМБЗБАФ ОБ РМЕЮЙ МАДСН, Б УБНЙ ОЕ ИПФСФ Й РЕТУФПН ДЧЙОХФШ ЙИ; |
| Shuar | Ti itiurchat ana nuna akupeenak ti emeram entsaktinia aintsan aentsun apujtuiniawai. Túrasha chikichik uwejéjaisha ishichkisha takuitniun nakitiainiawai. |
| Spanish | Atan cargas pesadas y difíciles de llevar, y las ponen sobre los hombros de los hombres; pero ellos mismos no las quieren mover ni aun con el dedo. |
| Swedish | De binda ihop tunga bördor och lägga dem på människornas skuldror, men själva vilja de icke röra ett finger för att flytta dem. |
| Uma | Hira' toe mpopokoloi ntodea hante parenta pai' ada to motomo, hiaa' hira' moto, uma-ra mpotulungi ntodea mpotuku' parenta pai' ada toe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "WEIGHTS": bantamweights, counterweights, cruiserweights, deadweights, featherweights, flyweights, heavyweights, hundredweights, lightweights, makeweights, middleweights, overweights, paperweights, pennyweights, superheavyweights, underweights, unweights, welterweights. (additional references) | |
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"WEIGHTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: weigth, wieght, wights, wigits. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "WEIGHTS" (pronounced wā"ts) |
| 4 | w ā" t s | awaits, equates, waits. |
| 3 | -ā" t s | abates, annotates, Ates, baits, Bates, Cates, conflates, conjugates, crates, creates, dates, debates, dictates, eights, estates, fates, gates, grates, greats, hates, inflates, mates, misstates, narrates, negates, pates, plates, predates, procreates, rates, relates, restates, sates, skates, slates, spates, States, straights, straits, traits, translates, updates. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-i-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: eights, swithe, weighs, weight, whites, wights, withes. | |
-2 letters: eight, heist, sight, swith, thews, twigs, weigh, whets, whigs, whist, white, whits, wight, wites, withe. | |
-3 letters: egis, eths, gest, gets, ghis, gies, gist, gits, hest, hets, hews, hies, hist, hits, shew, sigh, site, sith, stew, swig, tegs, tews, thew, this, ties, twig, west, wets, whet. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-i-s-t-w" | |
+2 letters: outweighs, unweights, weighters. | |
+3 letters: enswathing, flyweights, ghostwrite, growthiest, lengthwise, swithering, tightwires, weeknights, weightiest, weightless, whitenings, whitewings. | |
+4 letters: deadweights, ghostwriter, ghostwrites, growthiness, makeweights, overweights, weatherings, weightiness. | |
+5 letters: ghostwriters, ghostwritten, heavyweights, intergrowths, lightweights, nightwalkers, paperweights, pennyweights, underweights, weightlessly, wheelwrights, whitewashing, witchgrasses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
