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counterweight

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13 lettersPart of speech verb, nounSorted ceeghinorttuwStarts with CEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to

Word origin

From counter- + weight.

Used in a sentence

  • Four 110-ton counterweights, one in each tower, make this feat possible by reducing the effective weight to be lifted to some 25 tons; but an additional 20 tons (a very heavy snow load) can be lifted if necessary.
  • Like other supertall towers, 432 Park relies on the counterweight system to address the forces of wind and reduce the feeling of swaying for residents.
  • A counterweight to the anti-immigrant fear mongering of the former leader of the right-wing U.K. Independence Party, Nigel Farage, Lexiteers^([sic]) argued a left-wing, democratic and internationalist case for Brexit.

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