Lightweight rail — is a particular class of railway characterized by low train weight. The term is a mode of expression for discussing the environmental importance of low train weight, and the implications of this concept will be discussed in the following.The term … Wikipedia
heavy — [adj1] having great weight abundant, ample, awkward, beefy*, big, built, bulky, burdensome, chunky*, considerable, copious, corpulent, cumbersome, cumbrous, elephantine, enceinte, excessive, expectant, fat, fleshy, gravid, gross*, hefty, huge,… … New thesaurus
Lightweight Small Arms Technologies — The Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) program is funded by the Joint Service Small Arms Program, with the goal of significantly reducing the weight of small arms and their ammunition. [http://www.nrapublications.org/TAR/LSAT.asp] ]… … Wikipedia
Lightweight Fighter — The Lightweight Fighter (LWF) program was a U.S. Air Force technology evaluation program initiated in the 1960s by a cabal of officers and defense analysts known as the fighter mafia . It was spurred by then Maj. John Boyd s Energy… … Wikipedia
lightweight — 1. adjective 1) a lightweight jacket Syn: thin, light, flimsy, insubstantial; summery Ant: heavy, thick 2) lightweight entertainment Syn: trivial, insubst … Thesaurus of popular words
lightweight — adjective 1) a lightweight jacket Syn: thin, light, flimsy, insubstantial, summery 2) lightweight entertainment Syn: trivial, insubstantial, superficial, shallow, undemanding, frivo … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
heavy welterweight — Welterweight Wel ter*weight , n. 1. (Horse Racing) A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a {heavy welterweight}) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lightweight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. weak, powerless, impotent. See weakness, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. incompetent, bungler, stupid person, nebbish*; see failure 2 , fool 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having… … English dictionary for students
lightweight — n. person who weighs less than average, person who is not very heavy; boxer or wrestler who weighs less than a certain amount; insignificant person, nobody, weakling adj. light in weight, not very heavy; in the low weight category (Boxing,… … English contemporary dictionary
lightweight gas mask — not very heavy gas mask … English contemporary dictionary
