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Counterweight

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Noun

1. balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer

a weight that balances another weight

Verb

2. counterpoise, counterpose, counterweight

constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Counterweight

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noun
a counterbalancing weight, influence, or force

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Counterweight

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noun
a weight equal to another; counterbalance

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Counterweight

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n.
1. A weight used as a counterbalance.
2. A force or influence equally counteracting another.

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