单词 | equiponderant |
释义 | equiponderantadj.n. A. adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > of or relating to equilibrium > balanced evenc1390 pesablea1500 balanced1592 level1600 well-poised1603 well-balanceda1622 equipendenta1640 equilibrious1643 equiponderant1646 equiponderate1646 adjusted1652 equilibrous1652 equilibrated1664 equipoised1681 fairly-balanced1779 equilibriated1870 equilibrized1889 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 61 If the needle be not exactly equiponderant, that end which is a thought too light, if touched becommeth even. View more context for this quotation ΚΠ 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 9 May serve to render their Bodies equiponderant to the Water. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. x. 349 To make gold, other metals must be rendered equiponderant to it. c. Of equal weight. ΚΠ 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvi. 291 The quantity of Air to a quantity of Water equiponderant thereto, is as 1300 to 1. 1777 Shuckburgh in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 557 The proportional gravity of quicksilver to air will express inversely the length of two equiponderant columns of these fluids. 1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 95 The silver penny..to which 32 kernels of wheat were equiponderant was equal to 22½ grains troy. 2. Of immaterial things: a. Of equal weight, importance, force, or influence. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [adjective] > equal in effect or equivalent convertiblec1386 fellowa1393 equipollec1430 answerable1551 countervailable1576 equiparable1611 reciprocal1616 equiparant1625 equiponderant1629 equivalent1639 tantamount1641 equiparate1655 equipollent1664 equal1677 adequative1809 1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence ii. 95 In a measure equiponderant to their waight upon our soules. 1747 S. Johnson Plan Dict. 9 The equiponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment and accuracy. 1833 Q. Rev. 49 550 The theory of three distinct and equiponderant estates. b. Evenly balanced. ΚΠ 1882 J. A. Symonds Animi Figura 127 Equiponderant strife 'twixt good And evil. B. n. plural. Things of equal weight. ΚΠ 1852 W. Hamilton Discuss. Philos. & Lit. 326 The Treatise on Æquiponderants by Archimedes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1629 |
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