| weight |
The thickness of a line or typeface. Also, the density of paper measured in pounds.
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| Weber's law |
Discovered by Ernest Heinrich Weber in 1834. States that the smallest detectable change (jnd) in intensity is a constant fraction of the level of stimulation. Georg Fechner turned Weber's law into a psychophysical logarithm of the magnitude of stimulation (I), or S = k log I. A great deal of psychophysical research has attempted to establish the Weber-Fechner law for sensory dimensions other than intensity, eg, frequency and duration in audition. ...
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| wet dream |
ejaculation of sperm during sleep.
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| wedge |
A pie-shaped segment of an oval, bounded by a pair of radii joining at the oval's center.
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| weightlessness |
The condition of free fall toward or around the earth, in which an object experiences no support force (and exerts no force on a scale)
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