weighting

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noun

The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.

“Higher weightings were assigned to data from double-blind studies.”

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of weight
nounweighting (plural weightings)

plural weightings

  1. figurativelyThe weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.

    Higher weightings were assigned to data from double-blind studies.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

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weight
Broader
coefficient
Also see
weightweightage

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan ponderació
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French pondération
  • pondérationTranslations
Italian ponderazione
  • ponderazioneTranslations
Spanish ponderación
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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with weighting

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APA

weighting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weighting

MLA

“weighting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weighting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weighting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weighting.

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