Collocations withweight

These are words often used in combination withweight.

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actual weight
After 16 weeks the estimated weight of each plerocercoid was compared with its actual weight after being recovered from the body cavity.
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added weight
The expression ' never ever ' in this extract lends added weight to the respondent's statement that she does not drink.
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approximate weight
Animals of approximate weight of 100 g were infected by gastric intubation.
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average weight
The average weight was 8.6 + 0.3 mg and the seed moisture content was 6.03 + 0.05%.
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ballast weight
As the submarine sank, a 10-ton ballast weight was dropped, but this did not arrest the descent.
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beta weight
The path coefficients are completely standardized to a common metric for each model and represent fully standardized beta weights.
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birth weight
Maternal growth during pregnancy and decreased infant birth weight.
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body weight
Fish were fed a ration of 8 % body weight per day.
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combined weight
For example, if all lamps with red beams have a total combined weight of 70%, the background makes up the remaining 30%.
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considerable weight
Immigrant families receive considerable weight here with six separate entries.
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draw weight
This is a small market and excludes bows with rubber suction pads which could not do any harm as they do not have enough draw weight to hurt anything.
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dry weight
Bars represent the average concentration (in dry weight) for groups of samples taken from fish at different time points after vaccination.
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excess weight
Such excess weight might be counterselected by predators.
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excessive weight
Postnatal death of young piglets and excessive weight of the offspring were also not observed.
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extra weight
This comment carried extra weight in an age where political rallies were held in the theater.
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full weight
That is the point: the nature of the media is such that it cannot bear the full weight of deliberative democratic theory's bridging expectations.
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healthy weight
Beneath them was a carpet of sheep-sorrel, its orbicular perianth being slightly depressed by their healthy weight.
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ideal weight
The ideal weight for an older person may well be higher than what we currently recommend.
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lighter weight
Thus, a conventional industrial robot does not achieve the objective of the lighter weight requirement of the flexible manipulator.
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low weight
Within the <2.5 kg group, low weight did not affect the outcome adversely.
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maximum weight
After that other objects were added with a pulley and the maximum weight was measured.
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minimum weight
The optimal solutions are those with the minimum weight, which are considered more likely to occur, and thus are preferred over other solutions with higher penalties.
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normal weight
Of the 3 normal weight subjects in the sertraline group, 2 were responders, while none of the 4 normal weight subjects in the placebo group were responders.
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optimal weight
The optimal weight at which a goat produces optimal milk production is 130 pounds.
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overall weight
There was a failure to reflect the overall weight of the report.
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reduced weight
Two points need to be made, one that argues for the reduced weight of this hypothesis and one that emphasizes its possible importance.
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relative weight
The preposition para is the most frequent and is associated with the highest relative weight.
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sheer weight
The sheer weight of such evidence has inspired over a score of research teams to conduct reviews of the available research on mentoring and, of these, five are considered here.
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synaptic weight
A coefficient is attached to each connection between neurons; this coefficient is called synaptic weight and traduces the influence between two neurons.
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takeoff weight
Its maximum design takeoff weight is 376,000 lb.
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total weight
Green maize cobs were counted and total weight taken.
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undue weight
Such an approval grants undue weight to the private judgment of the individual who inflicts the sanction.
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weight control
No other weight control theory would have suggested it.
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weight limit
Since only the signals from the compounds are monitored, there is no molecular weight limit or labeling requirement for the target.
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weight management
Also, we lack intervention trials demonstrating that weight loss or weight management in the elderly population leads to improved outcome.
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weight measurement
After dry weight measurement, roots, stem and foliage of each plant were ground in a stainless steel ball-mill.
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weight restriction
Within this maximum no further weight restriction will be imposed on the amount of individual foodstuffs or other goods that parcels may contain.
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