weighting

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And because of this left weighting, the average is actually here, way to the left.

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  1. The attachment to textile fabrics of substances which produce a spurious appearance of thickness and value: an adulteration frequently practised, and more common and carried much further on silk goods than on any others.
  2. In coal-mining, subsidence or other disturbance in a coal-mine due to “weight,” or pressure of the overlying mass of rock. A mine in which such subsidence is taking place is said to be “on the weight.” [Eng.]

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  • And because of this left weighting, the average is actually here, way to the left. —  Clay Shirky on institutions vs. collaboration
  • Assuming equal weighting, as is usually the case with these screens, VAALCO and Royal Gold give the list a 20 percent exposure to a potential rally in resources, which is reasonable to expect assuming any market turnaround would reflect expectations of improved economic trends down the road. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • "We believe our weighting is higher than most neighboring districts." —  post-gazette.com - News
  • Increasing diffusion-weighting or decreasing voxel size can reduce the signal-to-noise ratio so that some DWI signals are close to the background noise level. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The significance of this weighting is that, as I have warned before, it is not based on any established statistical record or census report. —  Stolen Thunder
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