equiponderate
equiponderate verb: to counterbalance.
Verb
equiponderate (third-person singular simple present equiponderates, present participle equiponderating, simple past and past participle equiponderated)
- To counterbalance.
- When the two arms of a lever and the power are given, to find the weight that will equiponderate […]1849, Thomas Rainey, Rainey's Improved Abacus
- Synonyms:
- counterbalance, counterpoise, counterpose, counterweigh, equibalance, poise
Noun
equiponderate (plural equiponderates)
- A counterbalance.
- […] and hence, I think, from these various uses to which we may conceive comets to be applied, we may consider them as the interlacers of solar systems, and the grand equiponderates of Nature […]1867, M. Bell, The Science of the Weather: In a Series of Letters and Essays, page 124
Synonyms of equiponderate
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Forms of equiponderate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | equiponderates |
| present participle | equiponderating |
| past participle | equiponderated |
| past | equiponderated |
| Noun | |
| plural | equiponderates |
Origin of equiponderate
From equi- + ponderate.
Questions about equiponderate
- What does equiponderate mean?
- Equiponderate means to counterbalance.
- What part of speech is equiponderate?
- Equiponderate can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of equiponderate?
- The past tense of equiponderate is equiponderated.
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