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counterweighting

counterweighting is the present participle and gerund of counterweight.

Meaning of counterweight

Verb

counterweight (third-person singular simple present counterweights, present participle counterweighting, simple past and past participle counterweighted)

  1. (transitive) To fit with a counterweight.
    • The lifting span, which rises vertically between the towers, weighs 465 tons and is counterweighted by four 110-ton weights.1960 June, “New Lifting Bridge at Kings Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 388

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Questions about counterweighting

What is counterweighting the present participle and gerund of?
Counterweighting is the present participle and gerund of counterweight.

Words near counterweighting in the dictionary

  1. counterweighed
  2. counterweighing
  3. counterweighs
  4. counterweight
  5. counterweighted
  6. counterweighting
  7. counterweights
  8. counterwheel
  9. counterwheeled
  10. counterwheeling
  11. counterwheels

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