flyweight

English

Etymology

From fly +‎ weight.

Pronunciation

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Noun

flyweight (plural flyweights)

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Wikipedia

1. (mechanics) A weight that moves outward depending on centrifugal force.
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.
3. (figuratively, adjectival use) Small, light or unimportant.
   • 2010, Roger Ebert, Sex and the City 2‎:

     The characters of "Sex and the City 2" are flyweight bubbleheads living in a world which rarely requires three sentences in a row.

Derived terms

• flyweight pattern

Translations

mechanics: weight that moves outward with centrifugal force

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weight division in combat sports

Catalan: pes mosca m Chinese: Mandarin: 蠅量級 / 蝇量级 (yíngliàngjí) Finnish: kärpässarja (fi) French: poids mouche (fr) m German: Fliegengewicht (de) n Hungarian: légsúly (hu) Polish: waga musza f Portuguese: peso-mosca (pt) m Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: flugvikt (sv) c Turkish: sinek ağırlık (tr)

combat sports -related term for small, light or unimportant

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