2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Weight \Weight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weighting}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 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}. [1913 Webster] 3. (Dyeing) To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 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. [PJC] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: weighted adj 1: made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids" [syn: {leaden}] 2: adjusted to reflect value or proportion; "votes weighted according to the size of constituencies"; "a law weighted in favor of landlords"; "a weighted average"
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