Coding theory MOC Generalized Hamming weight The Hamming -weight, is a generalization of weight: #m/def/code Let be a -dimensional subcode. Then where we have used an Iverson bracket. Clearly the case reduces to the ordinary concept of weight.1 Properties MacWilliams theorem #state/tidy | #lang/en | #SemBr Footnotes 2003. Generalized hamming weights and equivalences of codes ↩