counterweight
a weight used as a counterbalance.
to balance or equip with a counterweight.
Origin of counterweight
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How to use counterweight in a sentence
He asserts that if the US had backed Syrian rebels militarily it would have built up a moderate counter-weight to ISIS.
Once the PLO was formed, we insisted on talking to Jordan, and then Hamas was encouraged as a counter-weight.
The counter-weight C compels constant contact between the arms B B'.
Watch and Clock Escapements | AnonymousThese were embedded in lighted wax candles, and from the nails hung a counter-weight.
A Royal Prisoner | Pierre SouvestreThey passed in large groups, their dinner-boxes on their back, with a beer-bottle hung in front as a counter-weight.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete | Martin Anderson Nexo
The upper end is then strongly lifted by a counter-weight of about 15 lbs.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander MilesThe scale loaded with the recriminations of his conscience, is immovable by any counter-weight.
Edgar Huntley | Charles Brockden Brown
British Dictionary definitions for counterweight
/ (ˈkaʊntəˌweɪt) /
a counterbalancing weight, influence, or force
Derived forms of counterweight
- counterweighted, adjective
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