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  • adjective Of a middling weight, between lightweight and heavyweight.

Etymologies

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medium +‎ weight

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Examples

  • Medium and tiny pieces picked up mass from the Higgs field, too, eventually reaching the mass of today's mediumweight quarks and bantamweight quarks.

    How Is A Quark Like A Frisbee? 2008

  • Anything mediumweight STR Med. or Sweet Georgia Speed Demonqualifies as an around-the-house comfy sock.

    Shoes'n'Socks - And She Knits Too! 2007

  • I fumbled a bit before finding flannel slacks, cordovans, a turtle-neck, and a mediumweight Harris tweed sportcoat.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • I fumbled a bit before finding flannel slacks, cordovans, a turtle-neck, and a mediumweight Harris tweed sportcoat.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • I fumbled a bit before finding flannel slacks, cordovans, a turtle-neck, and a mediumweight Harris tweed sportcoat.

    Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987

  • The Eurocopter AS565 Panther is the military version of the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin mediumweight multipurpose twinengine helicopter.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH 2010

  • The Eurocopter AS565 Panther is the military version of the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin mediumweight multipurpose twinengine helicopter.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH 2010

  • The yarn is Socks That Rock mediumweight in the County Clare colorway.

    trek casts on 2009

  • There's lots of great information in there for converting the pattern from toe-up to cuff down, and for those who want to use lightweight instead of mediumweight.

    Turtlegirl's Bloggy Thing 2009

  • I like the pattern, so far so good, although I am fudging a bit as I'm using mediumweight, and

    Z Knits...and Sews 2009

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