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balance weight

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Alarm goes off, winds up spring, throws weight off balance, weight falls, shuts the window, opens the register and you stay under the covers.

From The Varmint by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo

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