balance weight

noun

1. Also called: bobweight. engineering 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.

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It can also be used as ballast to balance weight and provide stability in ships and aircraft.

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In a paper published Feb. 12 in the archaeological journal Praehistorische Zeitschrift, Dr. Terberger and five colleagues propose that the statuette found by the younger Mr. Borgwardt dated to the seventh century B.C. and was either a balance weight, an object of worship or a combination of both.

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More than perhaps anyone in tennis history, Djokovic has refined the foundational core of the game — preparation, balance, weight shifts, footwork.

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Emily Goss said that in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, she had each day been taking about four pills containing an herbal supplement meant to support hormonal balance, weight management and fertility.

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