THROW-WEIGHT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("throw-weight" is a kind of...):

weight (the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity)

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