A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body. Important usage note: Note that this ontology has a class for a similar concept, mass (PATO:0000125). Mass and weight are not equivalent. For most use cases, the class mass is strongly preferred over weight. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass#Weight_vs._mass Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight ]
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scalar_slim, attribute_slim
For any biological use of PATO, the concept that should be used is 'mass' and not 'weight'. For example, increased weight of an organism.