"flyweight" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-flyweight.wav Forms: flyweights [plural]
Etymology: From fly + weight. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fly|weight}} fly + weight Head templates: {{en-noun}} flyweight (plural flyweights)
  1. (mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force. Categories (topical): Mechanics Translations (mechanics: weight that moves outward with centrifugal force): keskipakopaino (Finnish), röpsúly (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-flyweight-en-noun-ZoA87-mj Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 44 15 Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'mechanics: weight that moves outward with centrifugal force': 93 7 0
  2. (martial arts) A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 112 pounds or 50.8 kilograms. Categories (topical): Martial arts, Boxing Translations (combat sports -related term for small, light or unimportant): kärpässarjalainen (Finnish) Translations (weight division in combat sports): pes mosca [masculine] (Catalan), 蠅量級 /蝇量级 (yíngliàngjí) (Chinese Mandarin), kärpässarja (Finnish), poids mouche [masculine] (French), Fliegengewicht [neuter] (German), waga musza [feminine] (Polish), peso-mosca [masculine] (Portuguese), flugvikt [common-gender] (Swedish), sinek ağırlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-flyweight-en-noun-7TvZ8TaI Disambiguation of Boxing: 13 77 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 47 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 50 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 47 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 46 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 28 48 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 55 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 55 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 48 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 44 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 44 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 57 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 51 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 54 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 29 50 21 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war Disambiguation of 'combat sports -related term for small, light or unimportant': 13 61 26 Disambiguation of 'weight division in combat sports': 18 71 10
  3. (figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-flyweight-en-noun-LQ4mxQzz Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 44 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flyweight pattern

Inflected forms

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