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light-weight - Opposite of heavy-weight; usually found in combining forms such as "light-weight process".

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No references found			And Harris Collins, a sliver of a less than a light-weight man, who lived in mortal fear that at table the mother of his children would crown him with a plate of hot soup, went into the cage, before the critical audience of his employees and professional visitors, armed only with a broom-handle. Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context If they want a light-weight to be throwed for practice, Cornwall, Devonshire, or Lancashire, let 'em throw me. Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context			light-echo model Light-Emitting Diode light-emitting polymer light-emitting resistor light-frame construction light-gating cathode-ray tube light-gauge steel light-hazard occupancy light-hour light-inspection car light-negative light-of-the-night-sky light-operated switch light-positive light-red silver ore light-reflective glass light-ruby silver light-scattering photometry light-sensitive light-sensitive cell light-sensitive detector light-sensitive tube light-sheet method Light-Shielding Blind light-water reactor light-weight light-weight process light-year lighted buoy lightening hole Lighter lighter-than-air craft lighterage lightfast Lightfoot, Gordon Lightfoot, Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Martin and Hereward Lighthouse lighthouse at Pharos Lighthouse Field State Beach lighthouse model Lighthouse Tube lighting lighting batten lighting booth lighting branch circuit lighting cost Lighting Device lighting fitting lighting fixture Lighting Installation			Light-second Light-second light-sensitive light-sensitive light-sensitive cell light-sensitive detector light-sensitive tube light-sheet method Light-Shielding Blind light-skinned Light-skinned AfricanAmerican Light-skinned AfricanAmerican Light-skinned people Light-Sport Aviation Branch light-struck light-tight Light-To-Frequency Converter Light-toned Layered Outcrops light-touch palpation Light-trail Access Unit Light-Trail Fair-Access Light-Transmitting Concrete Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube Light-Water Breeder Reactor Light-Water Breeder Reactor Light-Water Breeder Reactor Light-Water Breeder Reactor light-water cooled, graphite-moderated reactor Light-water reactor Light-Water-cooled Graphite-moderated Reactor light-weight Light-Weight Air Warning Radar Light-Weight Camouflage Screen System Light-Weight Emergency Tent Light-Weight Epidemiology Advanced Detection and Emergency Response Light-weight Flow Admission Protocol Light-Weight Group Light-Weight Howitzer Light-Weight Laser Rangefinder Light-weight process Light-Weight Remotely Piloted Vehicle Light-Weight Satellite Light-Weight Session Light-Weight SpaceShip Light-Weight Threading Light-winged light-year light-year light-year Light-year/more Light-year/more Light-years Light-years Light/Dark Light/Weight Berthing and Positioning System Lightable Lightbeam lightbeam diaphragm lightbeam diaphragm lightbeam diaphragm lightbeam diaphragm

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