about the physical concept File Weeghaak.JPG thumb 100px A spring scale measures the weight of an object ... the Pythagorean theorem yields a g force of 5.4 g. It is this g force that causes the driver s weight ... s weight is unchanged by the motion of the car. In science and engineering, the weight of an object is the force on the object due to gravitation gravity . ref name Morrison cite journal title Weight ... cite journal title Weight versus gravitational force historical and educational perspectives author ... publisher ASTM International isbn 978 0 8031 1183 7 chapter The weight of mass and the mess of weight ... nowrap 1 W mg . When considered a vector physics vector , weight is often denoted by a bold letter W . The unit of measurement for weight is that of force, which in the International System of Units SI is the newton unit newton . For example, an object with a mass of one kilogram has a weight of about ... 2011 defining the weight of an object as the force measured by the operation of weighing it using a force ..., and is equal to the force required to support it although in the opposite direction to the weight ... s apparent weight . These two definitions of weight differ, sometimes dramatically, when other factors ... object or person as in an elevator, dragster or rocket has a varying weight due to its varying proper acceleration or g force . However, according to the purely gravitational definition its weight ..., the operational definition says that the weight is zero. This is in keeping with the familiar ... weight as the body exerts no force on it. In contrast, by the purely gravitational definition, a body s weight in free fall is the same as if the body were at rest, again because, in the Newtonian ... usage, including commercial usage, the term weight is commonly used to mean mass , which scientifically ... of the term weight. In commercial and everyday use, the term weight nearly always means mass. In science and technology weight has primarily meant a force due to gravity. In scientific and technical work ... more details
Infobox single Name The Weight Cover Theweight.jpg Artist The Band from Album Music from Big Pink Released ... Misc Extra musicsample filename Weight, Band.ogg title The Weight format OGG Type single Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name The Weight Cover TS The Weight.png Caption Artist The Supremes ... singles Last single No Matter What Sign You Are br 1969 This single The Weight br 1969 Next single ... single I Can t Get Next to You br 1969 This single The Weight br 1969 Next single Psychedelic Shack song Psychedelic Shack br 1969 Extra musicsample filename Supremes Temptations, Weight.ogg title The Weight ... Supremes only The Weight.jpg The Weight is a song written by Robbie Robertson . It was released by The Band ... Almanac publisher Infoplease.com date accessdate 2011 05 05 ref Composition The Weight takes the folk ... Amsden ref On August 17, 1969, The Band played The Weight as the 10th song in their set at Woodstock Festival Woodstock . Robertson on The Weight According to songwriter Robertson, The Weight was inspired .... In The Weight it s the same thing. People like Bu uel would make films that had these religious ... trying to be good and it s impossible to be good. In The Weight it was this very simple thing ... 2011 05 05 ref Reception The Weight is one of the group s best known songs and among the most popular ... cover versions of The Weight charted higher on the US pop charts in 1968 69 than The Band s original ... never mention the title. Other cover versions The Weight has become a modern Traditional pop music ... The Weight acoustically while The Edge and White swap vocals. On record, folk singer Michelle Shocked ... The Weight has been featured in a number of films and television shows films featuring the song include ... have featured The Weight include Californication TV series Californication , My Name Is Earl , Sports ... in commercials for Diet Coke and Cingular AT&T Wireless . The Weight was also covered by Sherie Rene ... Jazz Festival 1998 . The Weight was one of three songs The Band s 1990s lineup performed for Let It Rock ... more details
wiktionary heavyHeavy may refer to A concept of weight tocright Music Heavy Collective Soul song Heavy Collective Soul song , a song by Collective Soul from the album Dosage Heavy Iron Butterfly album Heavy Iron Butterfly album , the first album by the band Iron Butterfly HeavyHeavy D album , 1999 Heavy Swollen Members album Heavy Swollen Members album , a 2003 album by Swollen Members The Heavy band , a rock band purportedly from England Heavy metal music , a music style Heavy Lauri Yl nen song Heavy Lauri Yl nen song , 2011 Film and television Heavy House Heavy House , an episode of the television series House Heavy film Heavy film , a 1995 drama film Heavy The Story of Metal , a four part documentary special that aired on VH1 in 2006 Heavy TV series Heavy TV , Reality television reality show on A&E Network A&E that chronicles extreme Weight loss Intentional weight loss weight loss Other Heavy aviation , a term used by pilots and air traffic controllers A type of strength of Scottish beer Shilling categories Scottish beer A class in Team Fortress Team Fortress Classic , and Team Fortress 2 Heavy infantry Heavy cavalry Heavy artillery Heavy metal chemistry , a member of a loosely defined subset of elements that exhibit metallic properties Heavy.com , an entertainment website Heavy D born 1967 , popular late 1980s and 90s hip hop producer Dwight Myers Heavy or villain , the villain or antagonist, within a story i.e. in, a book, play, motion picture or television See also lookfrom intitle disambig it Heavy ... more details
The Heavy may refer to The Heavy album The Heavy album , the second album by American post grungeband U.P.O. The Heavy band , an indie rock band who claim to be from Noid, England The Heavy film The Heavy film , a 2010 thriller film The Heavy, a playable class from the video game mod Team Fortress The Heavy, a playable class from the video game Team Fortress 2 disambig it The Heavy ... more details
infobox music festival music festival name Image HeavyTO.png 240px Heavy MTL image Image HeavyMTL 2010.jpg 240px Heavy MTL 2010 Korn location Downsview Park , Toronto, Ontario , Ontario , Canada CAN dates July 23 24, 2011 website http www.heavyto.com Official website Heavy T.O. is a two day heavy metal and hard rock festival in Toronto, Ontario , at Downsview Park which will be held on July 23 and 24, 2011. Announcement Heavy T.O. was officially announced on March 21, 2011. ref http www.heavyto.com news Heavy TO 2011 Official Announcement ref 2011 lineup Saturday July 23, 2011 Megadeth Mot rhead Opeth Anthrax band Anthrax Children of Bodom As I Lay Dying band As I Lay Dying The Sword couldn t play due to travel issues Times of Grace DevilDriver Diamond Head band Diamond Head Underoath Endast Sunday July 24, 2011 Rob Zombie Billy Talent Slayer Mastodon band Mastodon Testament band Testament Baptized in Blood Anvil band Anvil Melissa Auf der Maur Volbeat Death Angel Exodus band Exodus Dead and Devine Heavy MTL Heavy MTL is a two day heavy metal and hard rock festival in Montreal, Quebec , at Parc Jean Drapeau on le Sainte H l ne held in the summer. The 2008 edition attracted a crowd of around 36,000 people. Artists who played at the inaugural Heavy MTL festival include Iron Maiden, M tley Cr e, Disturbed, Mastodon, Symphony X, 3 Inches of Blood, Anthrax,and many more. Slayer played at the second edition of the festival, not the inaugural. Image HeavyMTL.png 150px HeavyMTL Logo References Reflist added above External links Sources by script assisted edit External links http www.heavyto.com Heavy TO Homepage Category Rock festivals in Canada Category Festivals in Toronto Category Metal festivals ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Heavy Type Album Artist Booker Ervin Cover Heavy .jpg Released 1966 Recorded September 9, 1966 Genre Jazz Length 45 58 Label Prestige Records Prestige Producer Don Schlitten Chronology Booker Ervin Last album The Trance br 1965 This album Heavy br 1966 Next album Structurally Sound br 1966 Heavy is an album by American jazz saxophonist Booker Ervin featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Prestige Records Prestige label. ref name Booker Ervin discography http www.jazzdiscography.com Leaders ErvinBooker ldr.php Booker Ervin discography accessed February 1, 2011 ref Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated The set matches Ervin with a remarkable rhythm section... The music is quite moody, soulful, and explorative yet not forbidding . ref name Allmusic Yanow, S. http www.allmusic.com album heavy r138368 Allmusic Review accessed February 1, 2011 ref Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score rating 4 5 ref name Allmusic Track listing B chafillen Garnett Brown 8 15 You Don t Know What Love Is Gene de Paul , Don Raye 8 43 Aluminum Baby Jaki Byard 5 00 Not Quite That Brown 7 54 Bei Mir Bist du Shoen Jacob Jacobs , Sholom Secunda , Saul Chaplin , Sammy Cahn 12 28 Ode to Charlie Parker Byard 3 57 small Bonus track on CD reissue small Recorded at Impact Studios in New York City on September 19, 1966. Personnel Booker Ervin tenor saxophone Jimmy Owens musician Jimmy Owens trumpet , flugelhorn Garnett Brown trombone Jaki Byard piano Richard Davis double bassist Richard Davis double bass bass Alan Dawson drum kit drums References reflist Category Prestige Records albums Category Booker Ervin albums Category 1966 albums Category Albums produced by Don Schlitten ... more details
kg . The weight is thrown one handed from a rectangular 4.5 feet by 9 feet area behind a toe board ... gets three attempts, with places determined by the best throw. The weight throw is also an indoor track and field event in international competition. The technique implemented to throw the weight is similar to that of the hammer throw in outdoor competition. In international competition, the men s weight is a 35 lb ball with a D ring or triangle handle attached directly to the weight. The technique in wide use is to start in a throwing circle with the thrower s back to the landing area. The weight .... At the front of the circle, the thrower releases the weight over his her shoulder and into the landing ... m outdoor and 25.86 m 84 10 indoor and is held by American Lance Deal . For women, who throw a weight ... pound weight throw was conducted twice at the Olympic Games, in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics Men s 56 pound weight throw 1904 and Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics Men s 56 pound weight throw 1920 . See also Discus throw Hammer throw Athletics events DEFAULTSORT Weight Throw Category ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Worth the Weight Type Studio Cover Worththeweight.JPG Artist Anvil band Anvil Released 1992 Genre Thrash metal , power metal , speed metal , heavy metal music heavy metal Length 48 09 Label Maximum Records Mausoleum Records Producer Anvil and Paul Lachapelle Last album Past and Present Live in Concert Br 1989 This album Worth the Weight Br 1992 Next album Plugged in Permanent Br 1995 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score Rating 3 5 ref cite web url http www.allmusic.com album worth the weight r316503 review title Anvil Worth the Weight review accessdate 2011 09 06 last Jeffries first Vincent work Allmusic publisher Rovi Corporation ref noprose yes Worth the Weight is the sixth studio album by Canadian Heavy metal music heavy metal band Anvil band Anvil . It is Anvil s only release on Mausoleum Records , and also their only release with Sebastian Marino on guitar replacing Dave Allison. ref http my.tbaytel.net tgallo tbaytel.net anvil weight.htm The ANVIL Homepage Worth The Weight ref Track listing tracklist title1 Infanticide length1 7 41 title2 On the Way to Hell length2 6 04 title3 Bushpig length3 4 08 title4 Embalmer length4 6 53 title5 Pow Wow length5 6 00 title6 Sins of the Flesh length6 5 19 title7 AZ 85 length7 3 12 title8 Sadness Love Me When I m Dead length8 8 52 Personnel Lips Vocals & Guitar Sebastian Marino Guitar Ian Dickson Bass Robb Reiner Drums Produced by Anvil and Paul Lachapelle References references 1990s metal album stub Category Anvil albums Category 1992 albums Category Mausoleum Records albums ... more details
use kilograms for calculations, but use kilograms and pounds together for other purposes. Body weight of a person is theoretically the weight of the person without any items on. However, for all practical purposes, body weight is taken with clothes on but often without the shoes and heavy accessories ...The term body weight is used in daily English speech as well as in the contexts of biological and medical sciences to describe the mass of an organism s body. Body weight is measured in kilogram s throughout the world, although in some countries it is still measured in pound mass pounds e.g. United States ... due to gravity is expressed in kilograms while body weight which is an expression of force that includes gravity is expressed in newtons. Average weight around the world class wikitable sortable Country Region Average male weight Average female weight Sample population br age range Methodology Year ... Survey, 1999 2002 ref Stability unreferencedsection date March 2011 The stability of body weight ... is stored in the body as carbohydrates, proteins or fats and this causes a gain in body weight. The converse is also true. When energy expenditure exceeds energy intake, body weight decreases. Estimation ... of ways to estimate weight in children have been developed. They include Broselow tape, Leffler formula, and Theron formula. ref name Ped09 The Broselow tape is based on length with weight read from ... in sports such as boxing , mixed martial arts , wrestling , Rowing sport rowing , judo , and weight lifting are classified according to their body weight, measured in units of mass such as pounds or kilograms. See, e.g., wrestling weight classes , boxing weight classes , judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics , boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics . See also Anthropometry Bergmann s Rule Birth weight ... Overweight Underweight Weight loss and weight gain References reflist Category Anthropology Category Body shape Category Human anatomy Weight, Human Category Mass Category Obesity ca Pes corporal de ... more details
In linguistics , syllable weight is the concept that syllables pattern together according to the number and or duration of segment linguistics segment s in the syllable rime rime . In classical antiquity classical poetry, both Ancient Greek literature Greek and Latin literature Latin , distinctions of syllable weight were fundamental to the meter poetry meter of the line. Linguistics A heavy syllable ... A Theory of Phonological Weight last Hyman first Larry M. authorlink Larry Hyman publisher CSLI Publications ... syllables are heavy, while a syllable with a short vowel as the nucleus and no coda a CV syllable is a light syllable . In other languages, only CVV syllables are heavy, while CVC and CV syllables ... . In mora linguistics moraic theory , heavy syllables are analyzed as containing two moras, light syllables one, and superheavy syllables three. The distinction between heavy and light syllables ... prosody foot contains a heavy syllable in the first syllable while the second syllable is light ... fall on a heavy syllable whenever possible H L , and not H L . Classical poetry Iambic pentameter ... on arrangements of heavy and light syllables. A heavy syllable was referred to as a longum and a light ... length . A syllable was considered heavy if it contained a long vowel or a diphthong and was therefore ... venit Aeneid 1.1 2 The first syllable of the first word arma is heavy long by position , because ... reason. The next syllable, the second syllable of the word virumque, is heavy long by position ..., the first syllable of the word Troiae is heavy long by nature because it contains ... the first of the word Italiam is heavy long by nature because it contains a long vowel, and it will be heavy ... A few exceptions to and elaborations of the above rules of heavy and light syllables The Greek ... and Company year 1903 isbn 0 89241 001 9 ref For example, the first syllable of gaza is heavy, despite ... and order of heavy and light syllables in a line of poetry together with caesura word breaks articulated ... more details
Carel Weight , a British artist Doug Weight , an American ice hockey player Greg Weight , an Australian photographer See also Waite name Weight disambiguation surname ... more details
Infobox Company company name Weight Watchers International, Inc. company logo Image Weightwatchers.logo.gif Weight Watchers company logo company type Public company Public traded as nyse WTW company slogan ..., New York 10010 key people David P. Kirchhoff, President & CEO products Weight loss , Packaged food ... http www.weightwatchers.co.uk weightwatchers.co.uk Image Weight Watchers Center, Newton Highlands MA.jpg thumb right 260px center A Weight Watchers location br in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts center Weight Watchers is an international company that offers various dieting products and services to assist weight loss and maintenance. Founded in 1963 by Brooklyn homemaker Jean Nidetch , it As of 2007 ... of Weight Watchers . The core philosophy behind Weight Watchers programs is to use a science driven approach to help participants lose weight by forming helpful habits, eating smarter, getting ... plan index.aspx title Helping People Lose Weight for 45 Years accessdate 2010 12 29 ref ref name ... title Our New Program the Next Level author David Kirchhoff accessdate 2010 12 29 ref The term weight ..., probably Chicago, dated November 7, 1959 Weight Watcher s Luncheon ... 1.20. ref Approach and Philosophy Weight Watchers core approach is to assist members in losing weight by forming helpful habits ... ref name 2010ceoletter that has been the hallmark of Weight Watchers plans since the introduction ... provide a list of foods that must be, or should never be, eaten, Weight Watchers has no directly comparable requirements on its primary plan. Participants lose weight by creating a calorie deficit ..., Weight Watchers is generally compatible with other diet approaches and or food intake restrictions, e.g paleolithic diet , South Beach diet , provided you use the Weight Watchers framework to measure ... of acceptable food choices. There are two primary ways individuals can work with Weight Watchers in person ... materials and computations. ref name 2010ceoletter For in person meetings, Weight Watchers encourages ... more details
About strength training using weight gravity to generate resistance to contraction basic principles on increasing ... research date October 2010 File TwoDumbbells.JPG thumb 250px A complete weight training workout can be performed with a pair of adjustable dumbbell s and a set of weight disks plates . Weight training ... muscle s. It uses the weight force of gravity in the form of weighted bars, dumbbells or weight ... or Muscle contraction Eccentric contraction eccentric contraction . Weight training uses a variety of specialized Category Weight training equipment equipment to target specific muscle groups and types of movement. Weight training differs from bodybuilding , Olympic weightlifting , powerlifting , and Strongman strength athlete strongman , which are sport s rather than forms of exercise. Weight training, however, is often part of the athlete s training regimen. Weight training versus other ... increasing physical strength . Weight training is a type of strength training that uses Equipment ... . Weight training is often used as a synonym for strength training, but is actually a specific type within the more inclusive category. History of weight training File EarlyBarbell.gif thumb upright ... gym s of the time. Weight training became increasingly popular in the 1970s, following the release ... the late 1990s increasing numbers of women have taken up weight training, influenced by programs like Body for Life currently nearly one in five U.S. women engages in weight training on a regular ... 2007 02 01 ref Basic principles Main Strength training The basic principles of weight training ... of repetitions reps , sets, tempo, exercise types, and weight moved to cause desired increases in strength ... by weight training is the equipment used. Types of equipment include barbell s, dumbbells, pulleys and stacks in the form of weight machine s, and the body s own weight in the case of chin up s and Press ... the same absolute weight can have different relative weights depending on the type of equipment used ... more details
unreferenced date May 2009 Operating weight is the basic weight of a vehicle or machine, including the driver operator and fuel. See also Operating empty weight Category Vehicle design ... more details
unreferenced date May 2010 Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own size. This reduces the exclusion of smaller athletes in sports where physical size gives a significant advantage. Weight classes are used in a variety of sports, especially combat sports such as boxing , wrestling , and mixed martial arts . The existence of weight divisions gives rise to the practice of weight cutting . It is generally considered an advantage to be the largest individual in a weight division, therefore some athletes will work hard to lose weight through dieting and dehydration prior to weigh ins to meet the required weight class. Two alternatives exist to formal weight classes catch weight and open weight . See also Wrestling weight classes Judo weight divisions Boxing weight classes Kickboxing weight classes Mixed martial arts weight classes Olympic weightlifting Competition Olympic weightlifting weight classes References reflist Martialarts stub Category Weight classes ja sv Viktklass ... more details
Weight of the World may refer to In television The Weight of the World Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Weight ... Slayer Weight of the World The 4400 Weight of the World The 4400 , from the second season of the series The 4400 In music Weight of the World , an album by The Jimmy Swift Band Weight of the World Harem Scarem album Weight of the World Harem Scarem album , 2002 Weight of the World This Is Hell album Weight of the World This Is Hell album , 2010 Weight of the World EP Weight of the World EP , a 2007 EP by 53 Days Weight of the World Elton John song Weight of the World Elton John song , a song by Elton John from his 2004 album Peachtree Road Weight of the World , a song by alternative metal band Evanescence from their 2006 album The Open Door Weight of the World Lemar song Weight of the World Lemar song , a single by UK R&B singer Lemar from his 2008 album The Reason Weight of the World , a song by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from their 2005 album Howl Weight of the World , a song by Framing Hanley from their 2010 album A Promise to Burn Weight of the World , a song by metalcore band Misery Signals from their 2008 album Controller album Controller Weight of the World , a song by Overkill from their 1993 album I Hear Black Weight of the World , a song by Pigeon John from his 2006 album And the Summertime Pool Party Weight of the World , a song by Ringo Starr from his 1992 album Time Takes Time Weight of the World , a song by Saliva from their 2002 album Back into Your System Weight of the World , a song by The Samples Weight of the World , a song by Tarkio from their 1999 EP Sea Songs for Landlocked Sailors Weight of the World , a song by Young Saints aka Crisis The Weight of the World The Beautiful Girls album The Weight of the World The Beautiful Girls album , a 2004 EP by Australian band The Beautiful Girls The Weight of the World Metal Church album The Weight of the World Metal Church album , a 2004 album by thrash metal band Metal Church The Weight of the World , a song ... more details
wiktionarypar weightWeight is a measurement of the gravitational force acting on an object. In non scientific contexts it may refer to an object s mass quantity of matter . Figuratively, it refers to the seriousness or depth of an idea or thought, or the danger and urgency of a situation. Weight may also refer to TOC right Science and technology Specific weight , the weight per unit volume of a material A measure of paper density Line weight in Contour line Technical construction factors contour line construction in cartography Body weight The weight of a person. Mathematics Weighting , making some data contribute to a result more than others Weighted mean Weight function Weighting filter Weight representation theory , a type of function Weight of a topological space, see base topology Weighted mean and weighted average, the importance can vary on each piece of data Weight strings , the number of times a letter occurs in a string Sports Weight class , a competition division used to match competitors against others of their own size Weight training Equipment Weights , objects of known mass used in weightlifting The object thrown in a weight throw Draw weight of a Bow weapon bow Biology and physiology Body weight , a commonly used term for the mass of an organism s body Television, film, and music Weight album Weight album , an album by Rollins Band The Weight , a 1968 song by The Band The pressure a pianist applies with force to the keyboard, to improve tone Weight , a song by Isis from the album Oceanic Isis album Oceanic People with the surname WeightWeight surname See also Weight of evidence disambig bn cs V ha rozcestn k da V gt de Gewicht el eo Peso fr Peso it Peso he lv Svars noz mju atdal ana lt Svarmuo pt Peso desambigua o ro Greutate dezambiguizare ru sk V ha vi T ng t c h p d n Tr ng l c ... more details
In orthopedics , weight bearing is the amount of weight a patient puts on the leg on which surgery has been performed. In general, it is described as a percentage of the body weight, because each leg of a healthy person carries the full body weight when walking, in an alternating fashion. After surgery of the hip, or of the bones of the leg, ankle, or foot, it is of the utmost importance for recovery to get the right amount of weight bearing when moving around with crutches or frames. The grades of weight bearing for each phase of recovery will be determined by the surgeon. Grades Non weight bearing NWB The leg must not touch the floor and is not permitted to support any weight at all. ref name Pierson 2002 The patient may hop on the other leg or use crutch es or other devices for mobility. In this grade, 0 of the body weight may be rested on the leg. Touch down weight bearing or Toe touch weight bearing The foot or toes may touch the floor such as to maintain balance , but not support any weight. ref name Pierson 2002 Do not place actual weight on your affected leg. Imagine you have an egg under your foot that you are not to crush. Partial weight bearing A small amount of weight may be supported by the affected leg. ref name Pierson 2002 The weight may be gradually increased up to 50 of the body weight, which would permit the affected person to stand with his body weight evenly supported by both feet but not to walk . Weight bearing as tolerated Usually assigned to people that can support from 50 to 100 of the body weight on the affected leg, the affected person independently chooses the weight supported by the extremity. ref name Pierson 2002 The amount tolerated may vary according to the circumstances. Full weight bearing The leg can now carry a 100 of the body weight, which permits normal walking. ref name Pierson 2002 References references ref name Pierson 2002 Pierson, F. Principles and Techniques of Patient Care, Third Edition, p.208, WB Saunders Company, 2002 ... more details
orphan date May 2010 Carcass weight refers to the weight of an animal after Animal slaughter slaughter and removal of most internal organs , head, and skin. On average the carcass weight of beef is about 60 of the live animal weight, for Domestic pig hog s it is about 73 . References CRS article Report for Congress Agriculture A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition url http ncseonline.org nle crsreports 05jun 97 905.pdf author Jasper Womach DEFAULTSORT Carcass Weight Category Agriculture in the United States ru ... more details
Free weight s can refer to Molecular mass a type of Weight training Equipment used in exercise, including among others barbell s, dumbbell s and kettlebell s. disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Paper weight may refer to Paperweight , any item for holding down papers, typically on a desk Paper density , the density or weight of paper per unit area disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 In statistical mechanics , the statistical weight is the relative probability possibly unnormalized of a particular feature of a state. If the energy associated with the feature is E , the statistical weight is given by the Boltzmann factor e sup E kT sup , where k is the Boltzmann constant and T is the temperature in kelvin s. The statistical weight is a convenient shorthand that is often used in transfer matrix solutions of problems in statistical mechanics . DEFAULTSORT Statistical Weight Category Statistical mechanics Thermodynamics stub ... more details
unreferenced date December 2007 Adhesive weight is the amount of a locomotive locomotive s weight that is applied to the driving wheel s and so capable of delivering Rail adhesion traction . The more weight applied to the driving wheels, the greater the locomotive s ability to haul a load. But if the weight on the driving wheels exceeds the axle load of the line, the Permanent way railway infrastructure will be damaged. See also Factor of adhesion Tractive effort br Category Rail transport rail stub cs Adhezn hmotnost de Lokreibungslast ru ... more details
In error correcting code error correcting coding , the minimum Hamming weight , commonly referred to as the minimum weight w sub min sub of a code is the weight of the lowest weight code word. The weight w of a code word is the number of 1s in the word. For example the word 11001010 has a weight of 4. In a linear block code the minimum weight is also the minimum Hamming distance d sub min sub and defines the error correction capability of the code. If w sub min sub n , then d sub min sub n and the code will correct up to d sub min sub 2 errors. ref Stern & Mahmoud, Communications System Design , Prentice Hall , 2004, p 477ff. ref References reflist Category Coding theory telecomm term stub ... more details
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