balance weight
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Both help a person balance weight across the knee.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
It can also be used as ballast to balance weight and provide stability in ships and aircraft.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2023
The need to balance weight against battery storage means the flight will end every night on a knife edge.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2015
Variation in height may be obtained by moving the planes and the balance weight.
From The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco by Doughty, Francis Worcester
The female figure on the dial, representing the moon, is always kept upright by a balance weight; the quarter-boys inside, who strike the quarters, are much later, having knee-breeches.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy
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