Definitions for heaviness
heav·i·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heaviness, weightinessnoun

   the property of being comparatively great in weight

   "the heaviness of lead"

2. heavinessnoun

   persisting sadness

   "nothing lifted the heaviness of her heart after her loss"

3. ponderousness, heavinessnoun

   an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency

   "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"

4. thickness, heavinessnoun

   used of a line or mark

5. burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressivenessnoun

   unwelcome burdensome difficulty

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. heavinessnoun

   The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.

2. heavinessnoun

   Oppression; dejectedness, sadness.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Heavinessnoun

   Etymology: from heavy.

   1. Ponderousness; the quality of being heavy; weight.

   The subject is concerning the heaviness of several bodies, or the proportion that is required betwixt any weight and the power which may move it. John Wilkins.

   2. Dejection of mind; depression of spirit.

   We are, at the hearing of some, more inclined unto sorrow and heaviness; of some more mollified, and softened in mind. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 38.

   Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad. Prov. xii. 25.

   Ye greatly rejoice; though now for a season ye are in heaviness, through manifold temptations. 1 Pet. i. 6.

   Against ill chances men are ever merry;
   But heaviness foreruns the good event. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   Let us not burthen our remembrance with
   An heaviness that’s gone. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   3. Inaptitude to motion or thought; sluggishness; torpidness; dulness of spirit; languidness; languor.

   Our strength is all gone into heaviness,
   That makes the weight. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   What means this heaviness that hangs upon me?
   This lethargy that creeps through all my senses? Joseph Addison, Cato.

   He would not violate that sweet recess,
   And found besides a welcome heaviness,
   Which seiz’d his eyes. Dryden.

   A sensation of drousiness, oppression, heaviness, and lassitude, are signs of a too plentiful meal. John Arbuthnot, on Aliment.

   4. Oppression; crush; affliction.5. Deepness or richness of soil.

   As Alexandria exported many commodities, so it received some from other European ports, which, by reason of the fatness and heaviness of the ground, Egypt did not produce; such as metals, wood, and pitch. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

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1. heaviness

   In science and engineering, the weight of an object is the force acting on the object due to gravity.Some standard textbooks define weight as a vector quantity, the gravitational force acting on the object. Others define weight as a scalar quantity, the magnitude of the gravitational force. Yet others define it as the magnitude of the reaction force exerted on a body by mechanisms that counteract the effects of gravity: the weight is the quantity that is measured by, for example, a spring scale. Thus, in a state of free fall, the weight would be zero. In this sense of weight, terrestrial objects can be weightless: ignoring air resistance, the famous apple falling from the tree, on its way to meet the ground near Isaac Newton, would be weightless. The unit of measurement for weight is that of force, which in the International System of Units (SI) is the newton. For example, an object with a mass of one kilogram has a weight of about 9.8 newtons on the surface of the Earth, and about one-sixth as much on the Moon. Although weight and mass are scientifically distinct quantities, the terms are often confused with each other in everyday use (e.g. comparing and converting force weight in pounds to mass in kilograms and vice versa).Further complications in elucidating the various concepts of weight have to do with the theory of relativity according to which gravity is modeled as a consequence of the curvature of spacetime. In the teaching community, a considerable debate has existed for over half a century on how to define weight for their students. The current situation is that a multiple set of concepts co-exist and find use in their various contexts.

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1. heaviness

   Heaviness is the property of having considerable weight, often measured by the force with which a thing is pulled down by gravity. It is a perceptual measure of the force felt as a result of the acceleration due to gravity. It can also be metaphorically used to depict the seriousness or intensity of a matter or situation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Heavinessnoun

   the state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness

Matched Categories

1. • Difficulty
   • Sadness
   • Uninterestingness
   • Weight
   • Wideness

How to pronounce heaviness?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heaviness in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heaviness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of heaviness in a Sentence

1. Denise Bentley:

   There's this heaviness in the community, a heavy feeling of' this is just the way it is ; we're overlooked, this is my lot, this is the rest of my life'... it's sad.

2. Shannon Peterson:

   I don't think people are reading it just to relive their teen moments, it's so interesting to see what happens when there is all of that living, emotion and the heaviness of all that emotion, without the experience. It's such a terrible and beautiful thing to witness.

3. Michelle Obama:

   I'm waking up in the middle of the night because I'm worrying about something or there's a heaviness.

4. Steve Jobs:

   I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

5. Brandon A. Trean:

   May the lightness of your happiness out-interest you from the heaviness of your thoughts.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=heaviness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Heaviness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=heaviness
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaviness
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heaviness