weighted

lesté

Auquel on a ajouté une matière lourde pour l’alourdir ou le maintenir en place.

En anglais simple : 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.

Contraires : unweighted

Expressions courantes : weighted blanket, weighted vest, weighted base

biaisé, partial

Organisé de manière à donner un avantage injuste à une personne ou à un groupe.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : 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.)

Synonymes : biased, one-sided

Contraires : fair, impartial

Expressions courantes : weighted against someone, weighted towards someone, heavily weighted

pondéré

Dans un graphe mathématique, dont les liaisons entre les points portent des valeurs numériques.

En anglais simple : 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.

Contraires : unweighted

Expressions courantes : weighted graph, weighted network

fortement composé

Qui contient beaucoup plus d’un certain type d’éléments que des autres.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : weighted towards something (The fund is weighted towards energy companies.); weighted with something (The portfolio is heavily weighted with foreign shares.)

Expressions courantes : weighted towards something, weighted with something, heavily weighted