deadweight

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A form of dead weight — Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.

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Meanings

noundeadweight (plural deadweights)

plural deadweights

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dead weight.

    The bridge has been designed for a total dead-cum-live load of 5,750 tons, the deadweight of the new structure excluding station buildings and permanent way being some 3,000 tons.

    1960 April 28, “New Bridge for Modernisation in Manchester”, in Railway Magazine, page 248
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APA

deadweight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadweight

MLA

“deadweight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadweight. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deadweight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadweight.

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