1) Balance 2) Counterbalance 3) Counterpose 4) Counterweigh 5) Counterweight 6) Gravity
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1) Balance 2) Counterbalance 3) Counterweight 4) Equaliser 5) Equalizer 6) French word used in English 7) Radio electronic 8) To balance 9) To balance the weight of 10) To counterbalance 11) To equal in weight 12) Weight
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[ground system] A counterpoise is a network of suspended wires or cables (or a metal screen), used as a substitute for an earth (ground) connection in a radio antenna system. It is used with radio transmitters or receivers when a normal earth ground cannot be used because of high soil resistance or other reasons. It usually consists of a si...
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• (n.) An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force. • (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight. • (v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance. • (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equ...
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(from the article `military technology`) In general, the mechanical artillery of medieval times was inferior to that of the Classical world. The one exception was the trebuchet, an engine ...
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in electronics, portion of an antenna system that is composed of wires or other types of conductor arranged in a circular pattern at the base of the ...
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a conductor, or system of conductors, buried in the ground, and connected to the footings of the supports of the line
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a system of conductors, elevated above and capacitively coupled to the ground, to provide the conductive surface for a vertical monopole antenna
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Coun'ter·poise` transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Counterpoised (-poizd`);
present participle & verbal noun Counterpoising .] [ Middle English
countrepesen ,
counterpeisen , F.
contrepeser . See
Cou...
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Coun'ter·poise` noun [ Middle English countrepese , Old French contrepois , F. contrepods . See Counter , adv ., and Poise , noun ] 1. A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal we...
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counterpoise A weight or force that balances another to which it is opposite; for instance, two children on a seesaw.
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