Weight

Science / Chemistry / Weight: Weight is the force exerted by an object in a gravitational field. The weight of an object (W) arises from its mass (m): W = mg where g is the acceleration due to gravity (about 9.8 m/s2 on Earth).
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Weight Verb Synonyms: heaviness, avoirdupois, mass, tonnage, heft
Weight Noun Synonyms: arrange, manipulate, bias, incline, slant, rig
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Negative Weight

Entertainment / Bowling / Negative Weight: Weight on a ball that tends to hold back the hook and/or to get the ball into a roll earlier; bottom weight, negative side weight and thumb weight are considered negative weights. These are considered MORE

Dynamic Weights

Entertainment / Bowling / Dynamic Weights: In the old days, before the advent of modern core design in balls, the center of the ball was, more or less, symmetrical. In today's high tech computer designed ball cores and multiple cores designs, MORE

Positive Weight

Entertainment / Bowling / Positive Weight: Weight on a ball that tends to enhance the hook and/or to get the ball into a roll later down the lane; top weight, positive side weight and finger weight are considered positive weights. These are co MORE

Bottom Weight

Entertainment / Bowling / Bottom Weight: The weight of a bowling ball is not always evenly distributed in the sphere. ABC rules allow a ball to vary 3 ounces from the drilled top half to bottom half of a ball, and one ounce from the left to MORE

Underweighted

Business / Taxes / Underweighted: When you own less of a security, an asset class, or a subclass than your target asset allocation calls for, you are said to be underweighted in that security, asset class, or subclass. For example, if MORE

Finger Weight

Entertainment / Bowling / Finger Weight: The drilling of a ball so that the finger holes are closer to the ball's label than is the thumbhole; it is a form of positive weight. MORE