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单词 equiponderant
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equiponderantadj.n.

/iːkwɪˈpɒndərənt/
Forms: Also 1600s equiponderent, 1600s–1800s æquiponderant.
Etymology: < medieval Latin aequiponderant-em, present participle of aequiponderāre : see equiponderate v. Compare French équipondérant.
A. adj.
1.
a. Having its weight equally distributed; evenly balanced.
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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
b. Of equal specific gravity.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1882 J. A. Symonds Animi Figura 127 Equiponderant strife 'twixt good And evil.
B. n. plural.
Things of equal weight.
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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).
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