Word Meanings - EQUIBALANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Equal weight; equiponderance.

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• EQUIPONDERANCE; EQUIPONDERANCY
  Equality of weight; equipoise.
• EQUALIZER
  One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
• WEIGHTINESS
  The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.
• WEIGHTILY
  In a weighty manner.
• EQUALIZE
  1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely
• EQUALITY
  Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under
• WEIGHT
  The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. Atomic weight. See under Atomic, and cf. Element. -- Dead weight, Feather weight, Heavy weight, Light weight, etc. See under Dead, Feather, etc. -- Weight of
• WEIGHTY
  1. Having weight; heavy; ponderous; as, a weighty body. 2. Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous. "For sundry weighty reasons." Shak. Let me have your advice in a weighty affair. Swift.
• EQUAL
  Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed. (more info) 1. Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied
• WEIGHTLESS
  Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light. Shak.
• EQUALIZATION
  The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized. Their equalization with the rest of their fellow subjects. Burke.
• EQUALITARIAN
  One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler.
• EQUALLY
  In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.
• EQUALNESS
  Equality; evenness. Shak.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• UNEQUALABLE
  Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle.
• INEQUALITY
  An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
• WELTERWEIGHT
  1. A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. 2. A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that
• UNEQUALNESS
  The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness. Jer. Taylor.
• SUBEQUAL
  Nearly equal.
• COEQUALITY
  The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
• UNEQUALED
  Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.
• MAKEWEIGHT
  That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.
• LIGHTWEIGHT
  In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133 pounds
• BUTTERWEIGHT
  Over weight. Swift. Note: Formerly it was a custom to give 18 ounces of butter for a pound.
• COEQUAL
  Being on an equality in rank or power. -- n.