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Augustine says that you don't understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there's no question that the common love in America is freedom.
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Meaning of "throw weight" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THROW WEIGHT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THROW WEIGHT

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Throw weight is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THROW WEIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Throw-weight

Throw-weight is a measure of the effective weight of ballistic missile payloads. It is measured in kilograms or metric tons. Throw-weight equals the total weight of a missile's warheads, reentry vehicles, self-contained dispensing mechanisms, penetration aids, and guidance systems — generally all components except for the launch rocket booster and launch fuel. While throw-weight may refer to any type of conventional or WMD warhead, in normal usage it almost exclusively refers to nuclear or thermonuclear payloads. Throw-weight was used as a criterion in classifying different types of missiles during Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Definition of throw weight in the English dictionary

The definition of throw weight in the dictionary is the maximum weight of supplementary mechanisms that can be lifted by the boost stages of a particular missile.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THROW WEIGHT

throw one´s hat at it
throw one´s hat in the ring
throw one´s weight about
throw one´s weight around
throw oneself at
throw oneself into
throw oneself on
throw out
throw over
throw overboard
throw someone in at the deep end
throw someone to the dogs
throw someone under the bus
throw the baby out with the bath water
throw the book at
throw to the wolves
throw together
throw up
throw up one´s hands
throw-forward

WORDS THAT END LIKE THROW WEIGHT

air freight
air-freight
birth weight
bright
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eight
featherweight
freight
gross weight
head height
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height
lightweight
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net weight
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Synonyms and antonyms of throw weight in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «throw weight» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of throw weight to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of throw weight from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «throw weight» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

投掷重量
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrojar peso
570 millions of speakers

English

throw weight
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वजन फेंक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رمي الوزن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бросить вес
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jogar peso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওজন নিক্ষেপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jeter poids
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membuang berat badan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

werfen Gewicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

体重を投げる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무게를 던져
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngalahake bobot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ném trọng lượng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எடை எறியுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वजन कमी करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ağırlık atmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gettare il peso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rzucić wagę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кинути вага
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arunca greutate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρίξει το βάρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gooi gewig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kasta vikt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kaste vekt
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about throw weight

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QUOTES WITH «THROW WEIGHT»

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Os Guinness
Augustine says that you don't understand a nation by the throw weight of its military or the strength of its research universities or the size of its population, but by looking at what it loves in common. To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. And there's no question that the common love in America is freedom.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THROW WEIGHT»

Discover the use of throw weight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to throw weight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Negotiating START: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and the ...
Strict equality in U.S. and Soviet ballistic missile throw-weight was another early U.S. objective in START. American officials claimed that without equality in throw- weight, Soviet forces would retain a destabilizing advantage in destructive ...
Kerry M. Kartchner
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Cornerstones of Security: Arms Control Treaties in the ...
For each ICBM or SLBM of an existing type, the accountable throw-weight shall be the greatest throw-weight demonstrated in flight tests of an ICBM or SLBM of that type. 3. For each ICBM or SLBM of a new type, the accountable throw-weight  ...
Thomas Graham, Jr., Thomas Graham, Damien J LaVera, 2011
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
As each of these claims of Soviet superiority was disproved new claims were made. By the 1970s it was the "throw-weight gap" that .... MORE: Wait a minute. The Soviets do have superiority in throw-weight. They have a large edge over us  ...
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Foreign Relations of the United States 1969-1976: Salt II, ...
Mr. Schlesinger: They would be sacrificing four million pounds of throw-weight. Mr. Lodal: [1 line not declassified] Secretary Kissinger: [1 line not declassified] Mr. Schlesinger: [1 line not declassified] Secretary Kissinger: If they get the —16s to ...
Erin R. Mahan, Adam M. Howard
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An analysis of administration strategic arms reduction and ...
If further reductions in Soviet ballistic missile throw weight were the goal, they might have to be achieved either directly, through still lower warhead plateaus than in START/Build-down, or by adding additional constraints on heavier missiles.
United States. Congressional Budget Office, 1984
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Sports Competitions for Adults Over 40: A Participant's ...
... Jump Triple Jump Weight Throw Weight Throw Weight Throw Weight Throw Weight Throw Weight Throw Weight Throw Weight Throw Weight Throw Weight Throw Weight Throw Champion Thomas Rice Todd Adelgren Robert Arello Joseph ...
Thomas A. Jones, 2009
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Images and Arms Control: Perceptions of the Soviet Union in ...
Burt simply could not find enough support; in any case, most of his efforts went into the battle over throw-weight, which raged on until Reagan "decided" (see Talbott 1985, 233-52). The internal squabbling could not go on forever. There were ...
Keith L. Shimko, 1991
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Making Foreign Policy: Presidential Management of the ...
blocked the letter, but Weinberger and Perle persisted in talking about throw- weight in public as if this was the administration's position. Weinberger and Perle, by going to the Senate and public with throw-weight, were, in effect, making throw - ...
David Mitchell, 2005
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The Reagan Files: The Untold Story of Reagan's Top-Secret ...
REAGAN: Couldn't we negotiate a limit on total throw- weight agreement for both sides and then have that limit divided up between SLBMs and SLCMs? [The minutes read: “Note: The intent of the President's question apparently was to ask  ...
Jason Saltoun-Ebin, 2010
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International Arms Control: Issues and Agreements
As used in the Second Agreed Statement to paragraph 9 of Article IV of the Treaty , the term "different," referring to the length, the diameter, the launch-weight, and the throw-weight, of the missile, means a difference in excess of five percent ...
Coit D. Blacker, Gloria Duffy, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THROW WEIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term throw weight is used in the context of the following news items.
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Universities throw weight behind case for keeping Britain in …
Graduation ceremony at Birmingham University, one of 133 members of Universities UK, which is backing the campaign to stay in the EU. Photograph: ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Google, AWS, Microsoft and Intel throw weight behind Open …
A coalition of tech companies including Google, Amazon Web Services, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, HP and Docker have come together to create the Open Container ... «V3.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
Multinationals throw weight behind UN climate deal
BT, Coke, Mars and IKEA are among a coalition of businesses calling for governments to agree a strong global climate change pact in Paris later this year. «RTCC, Jun 15»
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Merkel urges G7 to throw weight behind climate fund
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for the Group of Seven industrial powers to throw their weight behind a long-standing pledge to ... «The Denver Post, Jun 15»
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Apple, Google, Facebook Throw Weight Around in NC Energy Policy
Apple, Google and Facebook sent North Carolina state legislators a letter, opposing House Bill 332, which seeks to change policies for renewable energy and ... «Energy Manager Today, May 15»
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State, industry throw weight behind EVs | Bangkok Post: business
The government and car makers are flexing their muscles to usher Thailand's auto industry into a new chapter with electric vehicles. Vichai Jirathiyut, president ... «Bangkok Post, May 15»
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IMF, World Bank throw weight behind China-led bank
"We are comfortable with the idea of a bank that puts together finance for infrastructure, because our view is that there is a huge need for infrastructure in ... «CNBC, Mar 15»
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Businesses throw weight behind visa-free policy
Tourism-related institutions and businesses have lauded the government's plan to waive visa requirements for the nationals of 30 countries, saying that the plan ... «Jakarta Post, Mar 15»
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Rabbis throw weight behind far-right Yachad party
Yachad chairman Eli Yishai and extreme Right politician Baruch Marzel, seen during a discussion in the Central Elections Committee in the next Knesset, on ... «The Times of Israel, Feb 15»
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Pacific rugby players throw weight behind Free West Papua campaign
Pacific rugby players throw weight behind Free West Papua campaign. Updated 19 February 2015, 10:59 AEDT. Pacific Island rugby players are publicly voicing ... «Radio Australia, Feb 15»

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