Counterpoise
[kauntәpɒiz]
Definition
(v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
(v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance.
(n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
(n.) An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
(n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
Editor: Lyle
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Counter-balance, balance.
n. Equal weight.
Edited by Karl
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Balance, equalize
ANT:Over-balance, aggravate
SYN:Makeweight, equilibrium
ANT:Preponderance
Typist: Molly
Examples
- The gun is fulcrumed in a lever frame provided with a counterpoise which more than balances the gun. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When loaded and released the counterpoise raises the gun again to firing position. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There was a piston in the cylinder driven up by the steam admitted below it, aided by a counterpoise at one end of an engine beam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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