deadweight

Noun

(plural deadweights)

The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e, the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
A useless, usually encumbering factor.

Adjective

(comparative more deadweight, superlative most deadweight)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Describes a shot with exact, precise pace to leave the balls in the perfect position. Usually just touching a cushion or very close to another ball.

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For ordinary trade scale-beams, counter machines, and deadweight machines - From 20 lb per in.
Sailing ships of 200 tons register have given way to steamers up to 4000 tons register carrying a deadweight of nearly 8000 tons; and good order has succeeded chaos.

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