balance weight
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
The forks between which the belt runs are also provided with a balance weight.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various
This arm striking against the ratchet detent releases the balance weight, and the belt is at once brought on to the loose pulley.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
