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The word weak is a generic adjective pertaining to a lack of strength. Weak is the opposite of strong.
General usage
A person may suffer muscle weakness. A person may be said to be weak, or the signs of life of a dying person may be said to be weak. A radio signal can be described as weak, as could a scientific theory or piece of art or literature. Thus, the term weak is often a subjective term.
Other usage
The word weak may also refer to:
- In computer science, there are multiple meanings:
- A weak consistency in concurrent programming refers to weaker consistency models.
- A weak entity is a database entity that cannot be uniquely identified by its own attributes alone.
- A weak reference is a reference that does not protect the referent object from collection by the garbage collector.
- A weak symbol is a symbol definition in an object file or dynamic library that may be overridden by other symbol definitions.
- In physics, the weak nuclear force, one of the four fundamental forces of nature.
- In grammar, the term weak is used in opposition to the term strong to designate a conjugation or declension when a language has two parallel systems.
- In mathematics, there are multiple meanings:
- The weak convergence of random variables of a probability distribution.
- The weak convergence of a sequence in a Hilbert space.
- The weak closure of subsets of Hilbert spaces.
- The weak derivative defined on Sobolev spaces.
- The weak topology, the weak polar topology, the weak operator topology and weak-star topology of functional analysis.
- A weak order, one that allows items to be equivalent.
- In the science of hadith: Da'if
- In common slang, "weak" may be used to describe something unpleasurable (Ex: "We have a test today? Aww, weak!")
- In music, "Weak" is the title of several songs:
- "Weak" (SWV song), a song by SWV
- "Weak" (Skunk Anansie song), a song by Skunk Anansie
- "I Get Weak" a song by Belinda Carlisle
- The offensive spell 'Weak' in the Final Fantasy series of video games; if successful it reduces a character to a single hit point.
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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