counterbalancing
counterbalancing is the present participle and gerund of counterbalance.
Meaning of counterbalance
Verb
counterbalance (third-person singular simple present counterbalances, present participle counterbalancing, simple past and past participle counterbalanced)
- To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.
- Big brother counterbalances his two siblings to the pound.
- Synonyms:
- counterpoise, equiponderate, counterweigh
- Antonyms:
- outweigh
- To match or equal in effect when applying opposing force.
- Arm wrestling is undecided as long as the opponents counterbalance each other.
- Synonyms:
- counterpoise, counteract
Noun
counterbalancing (plural counterbalancings)
- The act by which something is counterbalanced.
- "The ability of these large locomotives to run at such high speeds without pounding themselves to pieces", my correspondent concludes, "is a tribute to the vast improvement in the counterbalancing of American locomotives since a day in October, 1904, when one pair of the driving wheels of a Baldwin...1964 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 193
Forms of counterbalancing
| plural | counterbalancings |
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Questions about counterbalancing
- What does counterbalancing mean?
- Counterbalancing means the act by which something is counterbalanced.
- What is counterbalancing the present participle and gerund of?
- Counterbalancing is the present participle and gerund of counterbalance.
- What part of speech is counterbalancing?
- Counterbalancing is a noun.
- What is the plural of counterbalancing?
- The plural of counterbalancing is counterbalancings.
Words near counterbalancing in the dictionary
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