Meaning Of The Word Counterbalance

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Counterbalance? Find Counterbalance meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Counterbalance Meaning

Counterbalance Definition
Counterbalance Definition

What's The Definition Of Counterbalance?

counterbalance
countable noun: Something that is a counterbalance to something else counterbalances that thing.
verb: To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.

counterbalance in American English
a weight used to balance another weight; counterpoise
to act against or oppose with an equal weight, force, or influence; offset
to be a counterbalance to; offset
noun: a weight balancing another weight; an equal weight, power, or influence acting in opposition; counterpoise

counterbalance in British English
noun: a weight or force that balances or offsets another
verb: to act as a counterbalance

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Musicology ‐ the systematized study of the science, history…
  • Glans ‐ the head, or end, of the penis; noun: any small…
  • Nonpolice ‐ adjective: not related to…
  • Stellarator ‐ a device shaped like the figure 8 used to investigate…
  • Dispersoid ‐ a colloidal system, as an emulsion, in which the…
  • SFC ‐ abbreviation: Sergeant…
  • Aposiopeses ‐ noun: the device of suddenly breaking off in the…
  • Dining kitchen ‐ noun: a room where meals are eaten…
  • Ship's boat ‐ noun: a boat for communication between ship and…
  • Amygdale ‐ noun: a vesicle in a volcanic rock, formed from…