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Encyclopedia: Weight

In the physical sciences, weight is a measurement of the gravitational force acting on an object. In everyday parlance (and, for historical reasons, still in some technical terminology), "weight" is often incorrectly used as a synonym for mass.

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How to say "Weight" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	重量
	(Japanese)	重さ
	(German)	Gewicht
	(Spanish)	Peso
	(French)	Poids
	(Italian)	Forza peso

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Curb weight

Curb weight is the total weight of an automobile when not loaded with either passengers or cargo. It is generally provided as a statistic about automobile weights, along with gross weight, which represents the weight of an automobile when fully loaded. The difference between gross weight and curb...

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Gross weight

Gross weight is the total weight of an automobile when fully loaded with passengers and/or cargo. It is often provided with curb weight, which represents the weight of the automobile with no passengers or cargo. The difference between gross weight and curb weight is the total passenger and cargo...

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Oka (measure)

Oka is Turkish measure of weight equaled to 1.28 kilograms...

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Polydispersity

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DNA ladder

A DNA ladder is a solution of known molecular weight markers that is used for electrophoresis gel calibration used to analyse weights of samples...

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Dead weight tonnage

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Natural gas condensate

: C2 as Ethane - 0-5% by weight C3 as Propane - 0-15% by weight C4 as Butane - 0-45% by weight C5 as Pentane - 5-70% by weight C6 as n-Hexane and Cyclohexane - 25-95% by weight C7 as heptane - 25-95% by weight C8 as Octane - 25-95% by weight It may also contain up to 20% Hydrogen Sulphide...

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Jean Nidetch

Jean Nidetch (born October 12, 1923) is the founder of Weight Watchers International...

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Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index

Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index (加權指數) is a stock market index for Taiwan...

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Number average molecular weight

The number average molecular weight is a way of determining the molecular weight of a polymer... polymers), so we have to take an average of some kind. The number average molecular weight is the common average of the molecular weights of the individual polymers. It is determined by measuring the...

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