Weight (disambiguation)

Weight 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:

People

Weight (surname)

Music

Weight, the pressure a pianist applies with force to the keyboard, to improve tone
Weight (album), a 1994 album by Rollins Band
"Weight" (song), a 2014 song by Latrice Royale
"Weight", a song by Isis from the album Oceanic
"The Weight", a 1968 song by The Band

Mathematics

Weight (graph theory) a number associated to an edge or to a vertex of a graph
Weight (representation theory), a type of function
Weight (strings), the number of times a letter occurs in a string
Weight, an integer associated to each variable of a quasi-homogeneous polynomial
Weight of a topological space; see base
Weighting, making some data contribute to a result more than others
- Weight function
- Weighted mean and weighted average, the importance can vary on each piece of data
- Weighting filter

Science and technology

Weight (unit), a former English unit
Weight, a connection strength, or coefficient in a linear combination, as in an artificial neural network
Weight, a measure of paper density
Body weight, a commonly used term for the mass of an organism's body
Font weight
Line weight in contour line construction in cartography
Specific weight, the weight per unit volume of a material

Sports

Weight, an object of known mass used in weight training
Weight, the object thrown in a weight throw
Draw weight of a bow
Weight class, a competition division used to match competitors against others of their own size