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equiponderant

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e⋅qui⋅pon⋅der⋅ance

  [ee-kwuh-pon-der-uhns, ek-wuh-]
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–noun
equality of weight; equipoise.
Also, e⋅qui⋅pon⋅der⋅an⋅cy.

Origin:
1765–75; equiponder(ant) (< ML aequiponderant-, s. of aequiponderāns, prp. of aequiponderāre; see equi-, ponder, -ant ) + -ance

Related forms:
e⋅qui⋅pon⋅der⋅ant, adjective
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e·qui·pon·der·ance   (ē'kwə-pŏn'dər-əns, ěk'wə-)   
n.  Equality of weight; equipoise.

[From equiponderant, having equal weight, from Medieval Latin aequiponderāns, aequiponderant-, present participle of aequiponderāre, to weigh the same; see equiponderate.]
e'qui·pon'der·ant adj.
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