1. Verb
To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.
2. Noun
A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another
3. Noun
A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel
4. Noun
A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam.
5. Noun
equality of distribution
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
6. Verb
contrast with equal weight or force
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
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