Weak

The word weak is a generic adjective pertaining to a lack of strength. Weak is the opposite of strong. It may also refer to:

Computing

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.

Music

• "Weak" (SWV song), a song by SWV
• "Weak" (Skunk Anansie song), a song by Skunk Anansie

Science

• Weak nuclear force, one of the four fundamental forces of nature
• Weak convergence (Hilbert space) of a sequence in a Hilbert space
• Weak derivative defined on Sobolev spaces
• Weak topology of functional analysis:
  • Weak topology (polar topology)
  • Weak operator topology
  • Weak-star topology

Miscellaneous

• Weak inflection
• "Weak" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Muscle weakness
• Strict weak ordering

See also

• Germanic weak verb
• Mild
• Weakness
• Week