"downweight" meaning in All languages combined

See downweight on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: downweights [present, singular, third-person], downweighting [participle, present], downweighted [participle, past], downweighted [past]
Etymology: down- + weight Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|down|weight}} down- + weight Head templates: {{en-verb}} downweight (third-person singular simple present downweights, present participle downweighting, simple past and past participle downweighted)
  1. (statistics) To give something a lower weight Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-downweight-en-verb-fdSOJvgF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with down- Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Inflected forms

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