counterbalanced

Thân thiện

The heavy door is counterbalanced by a large weight.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another: Describes a state where one opposing weight, force, or influence is exactly matched by another, resulting in a stable, balanced condition.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The scale was perfectly counterbalanced, so it didn't tip to either side.
  • The negative environmental impact of the project was counterbalanced by significant economic benefits for the community.
  • In the design, the heavy engine at the front is counterbalanced by a weight at the rear.

Advanced Usage

• "to be counterbalanced by": A common passive construction indicating what provides the opposing, equalizing force.
  • His natural caution is counterbalanced by a willingness to take calculated risks.
• Used in technical, scientific, and metaphorical contexts to describe equilibrium in systems, arguments, or characteristics.

Variants and Related Words

• Counterbalance (verb/noun): To oppose with an equal weight or force; a weight or force that balances another.
  • The government's spending serves to counterbalance the downturn in the economy.
  • The crane uses a heavy counterbalance to lift the load safely.
• Counterbalancing (adjective/gerund): The act or process of creating balance.
  • The counterbalancing effect was immediately noticeable.

Synonyms

• Balanced: Kept in a state of equilibrium.
• Offset: Counteracted or compensated for.
• Neutralized: Rendered ineffective by an opposing force.
• Equipoised: Evenly balanced.

Related Phrases

• To act as a counterbalance: To serve the function of balancing something else.
  • The new policy is intended to act as a counterbalance to market volatility.
• A countervailing force/weight: A force or weight that counteracts another.
  • They introduced a countervailing force to prevent the door from swinging shut.

Related Idioms

• To tip the balance/scales: To give a slight advantage to one side, disrupting the equilibrium. (This is the conceptual opposite of being counterbalanced.)
  • Her final argument tipped the scales in favor of the proposal.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another

Từ đồng nghĩa

• counterpoised