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[syn: counterbalanced, counterpoised]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
counter-balanced \counter-balanced\ counterbalanced
\counterbalanced\adj.
brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that
offsets another.
Syn: counterpoised.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Counterbalance \Coun`ter*bal"ance\ (-b?l"ans), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Counterbalanced (-anst); p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterbalancing.]
To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the
power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to
balance.
[1913 Webster]
The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the
mercurial cylinder. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
The study of mind is necessary to counterbalance and
correct the influence of the study of nature. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
counterbalanced
adj 1: brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that
offsets another [syn: counterbalanced, counterpoised]