noun

definition

A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.

definition

A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.

Examples of counterbalances in a Sentence

It was shown by Homer Lane that a mass of gas held in equilibrium by the mutual gravitation of its parts actually grows hotter through radiating heat; the heat gained by the resulting contraction more than counterbalances that lost by radiation.

U films should be set within a positive moral framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror.

This counterbalances the push of the single oar which would tend to direct the boat to the left.

It may confidently be asserted that, of insects which directly or indirectly affect the welfare of man, Diptera form the vast majority, and it is a moot point whether the good effected by many species in the rapid clearing away of animal and vegetable impurities, and in keeping other insect enemies in check, counterbalances the evil and annoyance wrought by a large section of the Order.

It does not, of course, follow that increase of bulk is always conspicuous; in such trees death is present side by side with life, and the one often counterbalances the other.

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