weighted

lastrado

Con material pesado añadido para aumentar su peso o mantenerlo en su sitio.

En inglés sencillo: Having extra heavy material added to make something heavier or keep it in place.

• She sleeps under a weighted blanket.
• The lamp has a weighted base for stability.
• He wore a weighted vest during training.

Antónimos: unweighted

Expresiones frecuentes: weighted blanket, weighted vest, weighted base

sesgado, parcial

Organizado de modo que una persona o grupo tenga una ventaja injusta.

En inglés sencillo: Arranged so that one person or group has an unfair advantage.

• The rules are weighted against beginners.
• The system is heavily weighted towards wealthy applicants.
• They complained that the competition was weighted in his favour.

Cómo se usa: weighted against someone/something (The selection process is weighted against smaller firms.); weighted towards someone/something (The rules are weighted towards experienced players.); weighted in someone’s favour (The system is weighted in the owner’s favour.)

Sinónimos: biased, one-sided

Antónimos: fair, impartial

Expresiones frecuentes: weighted against someone, weighted towards someone, heavily weighted

ponderado

En un gráfico matemático, con números asignados a las conexiones entre sus puntos.

En inglés sencillo: Having numbers assigned to the connections between points in a mathematical diagram.

• The program builds a weighted graph.
• Each connection in the weighted network represents a travel cost.
• We used a weighted graph to find the cheapest route.

Antónimos: unweighted

Expresiones frecuentes: weighted graph, weighted network

concentrado

Que contiene una cantidad mucho mayor de un tipo de cosa que de otros.

En inglés sencillo: Containing much more of one type of thing than of other types.

• The portfolio is weighted towards technology stocks.
• Her investments are heavily weighted with government bonds.
• The reading list is weighted towards modern novels.

Cómo se usa: weighted towards something (The fund is weighted towards energy companies.); weighted with something (The portfolio is heavily weighted with foreign shares.)

Expresiones frecuentes: weighted towards something, weighted with something, heavily weighted