Definition of EQUIVALENT WEIGHT

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Recent Examples on the Web That's the equivalent weight of two Airbus A380s, the world's largest passenger airliner, going into the air every second. — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, "Global Carbon Pollution Continues to Rise, But More Slowly," 4 Dec. 2019 That’s the equivalent weight of two Airbus A380s, the world’s largest passenger airliner, going into the air every second. — Washington Post, "Global carbon pollution continues to rise, but more slowly," 4 Dec. 2019 The laptop's weight has increased ever so slightly to 2.45 pounds from 2.43 pounds, which HP made a point to mention is about the equivalent weight of a No.2 pencil. — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, "HP Spectre 13 2017 review: A killer laptop, now touch-friendly," 10 Nov. 2017 The amount is the equivalent weight of roughly 950,000 American adults, or the population of Marion County, and made Indiana sixth in the country in terms of toxic release. — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, "Danger zone: Indiana produces 6th most toxic chemicals in U.S.," 3 Nov. 2017

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