equiponderate en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin aequi-der. English equi- English ponderate English equiponderate From equi- + ponderate.
Meanings
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A counterbalance.
[…] and hence, I think, from these various uses to which we may conceive comets to be applied, we may consider them as the interlacers of solar systems, and the grand equiponderates of Nature […]
1867, M. Bell, The Science of the Weather: In a Series of Letters and Essays, page 124:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| equiponderates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |