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Weighting   /wˈeɪtɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Weight  v. t.  (past & past part. weighted; pres. part. weighting)  
1.
To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle. "The arrows of satire,... weighted with sense."
2.
(Astron. & Physics) To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.
3.
(Dyeing) To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc.
4.
(Math.) To assign a numerical value expressing relative importance to (a measurement), to be multiplied by the value of the measurement in determining averages or other aggregate quantities; as, they weighted part one of the test twice as heavily as part 2.






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"Weighting" Quotes from Famous Books



... is," expounded the Girton Girl, "woman is so immeasurably man's superior that only by weighting him more or less heavily with worldly advantages can any ...
— Tea-table Talk • Jerome K. Jerome



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