equiponderate

verb, noun — 2 senses

equiponderate

verb

Etymology From equi- + ponderate.

1

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, equiponderate, poise
Antonyms: outweigh, overbalance, unbalance
Hypernyms: balance
Hyponyms: counterflood

equiponderate

noun

Etymology From equi- + ponderate.

1

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:

Related terms: equiponderation

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