Lightweight

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(idea) by Jargon (1.9 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 11:26:49
light pipe = L = like kicking dead whales down the beach

lightweight adj.

Opposite of heavyweight; usually found in combining forms such as `lightweight process'.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

(idea) by The Custodian (1.7 hr) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Thu Jul 06 2006 at 22:55:37
Lightweight is also used as the complement of deadweight in shipping terminology; where deadweight is the term for the weight of what a ship carries, the lightweight is the weight of the ship itself. This includes the structure of the vessel and all installed equipment, but no stores, crew, consumables, cargo, etc. Together, the two make up the loaded vessel's total displacement. So, since they're usually expressed in tons:

lightweight (lwt) + deadweight (dwt) = displacement (t)

thus

lightweight = displacement - deadweight

Algebra is fun, no?

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Sat Jan 07 2006 at 2:24:13

Light"weight` (?), n.

One of less than average weight; specif.:

(a)

In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds).

(b)

A person of small impotance or mental ability. [Colloq., Chiefly U. S.]

 

© Webster 1913

Light"weight`, a.

Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.

 

© Webster 1913

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