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  • 71Light 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… …

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  • 72Mass 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… …

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  • 73Atomic weight — (symbol: A sub|r) is a dimensionless physical quantity, the ratio of the average mass of atoms of an element (from a given source) to 1/12 of the mass of an atom of carbon 12.cite journal | author = International Union of Pure and Applied… …

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  • 74atomic weight — Chem. the average weight of an atom of an element, formerly based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as a unit or on 1/16 the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 the weight of the carbon 12 atom. Abbr.: at. wt. [1820 30]… …

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  • 75BR Standard Class 9F — [1] Standard 9F 2 10 0 No. 92126. hauling a freight train on the …

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  • 76BR Standard Class 6 — Infobox Locomotive powertype=Steam name = BR Standard Class 6Clarke, David: Riddles Class 6/7 Standard Pacifics , pp.80 ndash;87] caption = 72006 Clan MacKenzie at Carlisle Kingmoor in 1965, prior to withdrawal. designer = Robert Riddles builder …

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  • 77BR Standard Class 7 — Infobox Locomotive powertype=Steam name = BR Standard Class 7 Clarke, David: Riddles Class 6/7 Standard Pacifics , pp.80 ndash;87] caption = 70013 Oliver Cromwell at York Railfest on 3 June 2004 prior to the start of its restoration to working… …

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  • 78equivalent weight — noun the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen • Syn: ↑equivalent, ↑combining weight, ↑eq • Hypernyms: ↑atomic mass, ↑atomic weight, ↑relative atomic… …

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  • 79equivalent weight — Chem. the combining power, esp. in grams (gram equivalent), of an element or compound, equivalent to hydrogen as a standard of 1.00797 or oxygen as a standard of 8; the atomic weight divided by the valence. [1925 30] * * * or combining weight… …

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  • 80US emission standard — In the United States, emissions standards are managed on a national level by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). State and local governments play a subsidiary role. Motor vehicles Due to its pre existing standards and particularly severe… …

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