Counterbalance — Coun ter*bal ance (koun t?r b?l ans), n. A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another; as: (a) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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