Counterbalance Definition

kountər-băləns, kountər-băləns
counterbalanced, counterbalances, counterbalancing
noun
counterbalances
A weight used to balance another weight; counterpoise.
Webster's New World
Any force or influence that balances or offsets another.
Webster's New World
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verb
counterbalanced, counterbalances, counterbalancing
To act as a counteracting force, influence, or weight to; counterpoise.
American Heritage
To be a counterbalance to; offset.
Webster's New World

To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.

Big brother counterbalances his two siblings to the pound.
Wiktionary

To apply force in order to balance an opposite one.

Arm wrestling is undecided as long as the opponents counterbalance each-other.
Wiktionary

(figuratively) To match or equal in effect, but acting in opposition.

The defenders' knowledge of the terrain roughly counterbalances the attackers' superior equipment.
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Other Word Forms of Counterbalance

Noun

Singular:
counterbalance
Plural:
counterbalances

Origin of Counterbalance

  • counter- +‎ balance.

    From Wiktionary

Counterbalance Sentence Examples

  • Counterbalance chains for the winding engines are used in the collieries of the Midland districts of England.

  • She is with the School of Social Sciences, which provides a healthy counterbalance to my one-sided view of the world.

  • The process needs a counterbalance to the conservation officer.

  • But besides this, as Leslie has pointed out, the influence of Montesquieu tended to counterbalance the theoretic prepossessions produced by the doctrine of the jus naturae.

  • Even with the particles retarding the motion of the aether, the same will be true if, to counterbalance the increased inertia, suitable forces are caused to act on the aether at all points where the inertia is altered.

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