heavier

UK/ˈhɛvɪə/US/ˈhɛviɚ/

adjectiveA2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,529 of 15,258neutral

Heavier means greater in weight. Heavier than air, heavier than expected, get heavier.

It is the comparative of heavy and takes than. Heavier-than-air flight is the fixed technical phrase distinguishing aeroplanes from balloons. Heavier also covers rain, traffic and workload — heavier rain, heavier traffic. Note that heavy has many senses and heavier follows them all: a heavier sentence, a heavier accent, heavier going.

Definitions of heavier

1adjectiveheavierGreater in weight.A2+
“This suitcase is much heavier than mine; what have you got in it?”

heavier is a comparative of weight.

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heavier in the wild

The heavier members TiCl4, TiBr4, TiI4 can be distilled readily because they are molecular.
Halide
The r-process dominates in environments with higher fluxes of free neutrons; it produces heavier elements and more neutron-rich isotopes than the s-process.
S-process
The majority of elements that are heavier than hydrogen and helium in the Universe are formed in the cores of stars as they evolve.
Metallicity
No heavier element can be produced in such conditions.
Nuclear transmutation
Many of these lead stars have more lead in them than any other element heavier than iron.
Lead star

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