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apparent weight [ə′pa·rənt ′wāt] (mechanics) For a body immersed in a fluid (such as air), the resultant of the gravitational force and the buoyant force of the fluid acting on the body; equal in magnitude to the true weight minus the weight of the displaced fluid. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Then Shaq began this season by getting hurt and missing 18 games, and has yet to recover completely from that ankle sprain or even last spring's thigh bruise, the injuries and his apparent weight gain vindicating Lakers management's reasons denying him a contract extension. Rotating the cylinder between weighings caused the apparent weight to vary smoothly with orientation; the difference between minimum and maximum was 30 mg. Despite the apparent weight of clinical evidence seeming to support joint instability from CHD as the mechanism for the patient's hip pain and dysfunction, this explanation was also not a perfect "fit" to the patient's signs because the direction of her hip joint limitation (lateral rotation) was opposite to that classically seen in persons with CHD (medial rotation). |
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