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CounterbalanceCounterbalance Coun`ter*bal"ance (-b?l"ans), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Counterbalanced (-anst); p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterbalancing.]
To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the
power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to
balance.
The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the
mercurial cylinder. --Boyle.
The cstudy of mind is necessary to counterbalance and
correct the influence of the study of nature. --Sir W.
Hamilton. Counterbalance
Counterbalance Coun"ter*bal`ance (koun"t?r-b?l`ans), n.
A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing
another; as:
(a) 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.
(b) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a
drawbridge or a scale beam.
Money is the counterbalance to all other things
purchasable by it. --Locke.
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