a matter of weight
21weight — noun 1》 a body s relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; heaviness. ↘Physics the force exerted on the mass of a body by a gravitational field. ↘the quality of being heavy. ↘a unit or… …
22Dry weight — Dry mass redirects here. For the Catholic devotion, see Missa Sicca. For the mass of a soil sample or an object when dried, see dry matter. Dry weight is the weight of a vehicle without any consumables, passengers, or cargo. It is one of the two… …
23Atomic weight — Weight Weight, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[ae]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[ae]gt. See {Weigh}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center… …
24Dead weight — Weight Weight, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[ae]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[ae]gt. See {Weigh}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center… …
25Feather weight — Weight Weight, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[ae]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[ae]gt. See {Weigh}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center… …
26Heavy weight — Weight Weight, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[ae]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[ae]gt. See {Weigh}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center… …
27Light weight — Weight Weight, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D. gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[ae]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[ae]gt. See {Weigh}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center… …
28Mass versus weight — The chains on the swing hold all the child’s weight. If one were to stand behind her at the bottom of the arc and try to stop her, one would be acting against her inertia, which arises purely from mass, not weight. In everyday usage, the mass of… …
29Dry matter — The dry matter (or otherwise knows as dry weight) is a measurement of the mass of something when completely dried. The dry matter of plant and animal material would be its solids, i.e. all its constituents excluding water. The dry matter of food… …
30No Matter What Sign You Are — Single by Diana Ross the Supremes from the album Let the Sunshine In …
