counterbalance
coun
ˈkaʊn
kawn
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tər
tēr
ba
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bā
lance
ləns
lēns
/kˈaʊntəbˌaləns/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "counterbalance"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ, āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ

a weight or mechanism used to provide stability and balance by offsetting the weight of another object or system
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The weight on one side served as a counterbalance for the other.
āĻāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāϤ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϏāĻŽāϤ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāύ

a compensating equivalent
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ, āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ

equality of distribution
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āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

adjust for
02

āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§‹āϧ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
03

āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

contrast with equal weight or force
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ