equiponderance

[ ee-kwuh-pon-der-uhns, ek-wuh- ]

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noun

equality of weight; equipoise.

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equi·ponder·ant adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of equiponderance¹

1765–75; equiponder ( ant ) (< Medieval Latin aequiponderant-, stem of aequiponderāns, present participle of aequiponderāre; equi-, ponder, -ant ) + -ance

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