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weighter

weighter noun: one who weights or assigns a weighting.

Noun

weighter (plural weighters)

  1. One who weights or assigns a weighting.
    • Thus, for example, if i assigns j a weight of 0.3 as a weighter of weighters of others in the group, it is reasonable to suppose that if i asks himself what weight to assign to j at the next level as a weighter of weighters of weighters of members of the group, he will have no new information and...2012, R. Hilpinen, Rationality in Science, page 59

Forms of weighter

pluralweighters

Origin of weighter

From weight + -er.

Words that rhyme with weighter

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Questions about weighter

What does weighter mean?
Weighter means one who weights or assigns a weighting.
What part of speech is weighter?
Weighter is a noun.
What is the plural of weighter?
The plural of weighter is weighters.

Words near weighter in the dictionary

  1. weighten
  2. weightened
  3. weightening
  4. weightenings
  5. weightens
  6. weighter
  7. weighters
  8. weighteth
  9. weightful
  10. weightfully
  11. weightfulness

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