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touchweight

touchweight noun: on a piano, downweight and upweight.

Noun

touchweight (countable and uncountable, plural touchweights)

  1. On a piano, downweight and upweight.
    • Piano technicians have to measurements at their disposal for measuring touchweight: downweight and upweight.2004, Robert Palmieri, editor, The Piano: An Encyclopedia, second edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 401

Forms of touchweight

pluraltouchweights

Origin of touchweight

touch + weight

Questions about touchweight

What does touchweight mean?
Touchweight means on a piano, downweight and upweight.
What part of speech is touchweight?
Touchweight is a noun.
What is the plural of touchweight?
The plural of touchweight is touchweights.

Words near touchweight in the dictionary

  1. touchtone
  2. touchtones
  3. Touchtons
  4. touchup
  5. touchups
  6. touchweight
  7. touchwood
  8. touchy
  9. touchy-feeler
  10. touchy-feelers
  11. touchy-feeliness

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