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balance weight

British  

noun

  1. Also called: bobweightengineering a weight used in machines to counterbalance a part, as of a crankshaft

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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

If his crimes and love could be weighed in a celestial balance, weight being apportioned to the rarity and value of the love, which would descend?

From Pages from a Journal with Other Papers by Rutherford, Mark

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