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Significats de counterpoised en anglès

Brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another.

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Examples for "counterbalanced"
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Still, the increase in quantity more than counterbalanced the fall in price.
Russia
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That icy feeling counterbalanced the fire which was always in his mind.
The stand
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If they had dissensions, these were counterbalanced by the exchange of amenities.
The Precipice: A Novel
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This process of winnowing was of course counterbalanced by another of recruitment.
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
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But their utility is more than counterbalanced by their importunity and knavery.
Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories...
Ús de counterpoised en anglès
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The pleasure she enjoyed in their society was fully counterpoised by that she imparted.
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II
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Unopposed, it sweeps every thing before it; but, counterpoised, the waters become calm, safe, and regular.
American Eloquence, Volume 4 / Studies In American Political His...
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Yet this impulse is counterpoised by a desire for order, exhibited in his scholarly, rather than purely critical, work.
The Guardian
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Powders, &c., should not be weighed directly on the balance; a counterpoised watch-glass or metal scoop (fig.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Min...
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The memorable incidents which had lately happened scarcely counterpoised my new sensations or diverted my contemplations from the present.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
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The specialists would grow to be intolerable, were they not counterpoised to some degree by the people of general intelligence.
Over the Teacups
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And as the personal qualities of these princes thus counterpoised each other, so did the advantages and disadvantages of their dominions.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part C. / From...
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Any remaining undissolved can be filtered off on a counterpoised filter paper, and heated in a water oven until absolutely dry.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888
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Restore the body thus temporarily counterpoised to its former lightness, and it would turn to Podden Place as the needle to the Pole.
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 04
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Their forces were so nearly counterpoised, that no apprehensions were entertained of any event which could suddenly disturb the balance of power between them.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part E. / From...
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11, consists of a strong bellows supporting a weight of 370 pounds, partly counterpoised by 80 pounds in order to prevent the bellows from sagging.
Experimental Determination of the Velocity of Light / Made at th...
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The specific gravity is then found as follows: First, counterpoise the counterweight.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896
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It accounted for her having detractors; a heavy counterpoise to her enthusiastic friends.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2
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Parliament looked to him as the only possible counterpoise to Lambert.
Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02
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No effective counterpoise to his power was apparent within the Empire.
England under the Tudors
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But God has given it a terrestrial body to serve for a counterpoise.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
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