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counterbalance


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Universal
  • a weight that balances another weight: the trolley used a counterbalance and leverage action to reduce the effort of lifting loads
  • a factor having the opposite effect to that of another and so preventing it from exercising a disproportionate influence:his restoration to power was intended as a counterbalance to his rival’s influence

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  • (of a weight) balance (another weight): the sitter’s weight counterbalances the tilting pressure on the backrest
  • neutralize or cancel by exerting an opposite influence:the extra cost of mail order may be counterbalanced by its convenience

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