"upweight" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: upweights [plural]
Etymology: From up- + weight. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|weight}} up- + weight Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} upweight (countable and uncountable, plural upweights)
  1. (music) The amount of weight (in grams) a piano key will lift back up from its depressed position. Tags: countable, uncountable Hypernyms: touchweight Coordinate_terms: downweight
    Sense id: en-upweight-en-noun-kUfDA0fg Categories (other): Musical instruments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with up-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb

Forms: upweights [present, singular, third-person], upweighting [participle, present], upweighted [participle, past], upweighted [past]
Etymology: From up- + weight. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|weight}} up- + weight Head templates: {{en-verb}} upweight (third-person singular simple present upweights, present participle upweighting, simple past and past participle upweighted)
  1. (statistics, transitive) To give a greater weight (or importance) to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-upweight-en-verb-5hgUySwP Categories (other): Statistics Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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