When the elevator goes up, the counterweight goes down.
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Counterweight
Synonyms for "counterweight" (81 found)
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23 translations across 22 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- contrapès noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 配重 noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Dutch
1 entries- contragewicht noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Finnish
1 entries- vastapaino noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
French
1 entries- contrepoids noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
German
1 entries- Gegengewicht noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Greek
1 entries- αντίβαρο noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Gujarati
1 entries- ધડો noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Irish
1 entries- frithmheáchan noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Italian
1 entries- contrappeso noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- motvekt noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- motvekt noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Polish
1 entries- przeciwwaga noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Portuguese
1 entries- contrapeso noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Romanian
1 entries- contragreutate noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Russian
1 entries- противове́с noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Spanish
1 entries- contrapeso noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Swedish
1 entries- motvikt noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Tagalog
1 entries- gantimbigat noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Turkish
1 entries- denge ağırlığı noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Ukrainian
1 entries- протива́га noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Walloon
2 entries- contrumasse noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
- contrupwès noun (heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something)
Sample sentences
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Four 110-ton counterweights, one in each tower, make this feat possible by reducing the effective weight to be lifted to some 25 tons; but an additional 20 tons (a very heavy snow load) can be lifted if necessary.
Source: wiktionary
Like other supertall towers, 432 Park relies on the counterweight system to address the forces of wind and reduce the feeling of swaying for residents.
Source: wiktionary
A counterweight to the anti-immigrant fear mongering of the former leader of the right-wing U.K. Independence Party, Nigel Farage, Lexiteers^([sic]) argued a left-wing, democratic and internationalist case for Brexit.
Source: wiktionary
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