counterweights
Meaning of counterweights
noun
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).
Information about counterweights
- It is a name.
- The singular form of counterweights is: counterweight.
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Hyphenation of counterweights
coun-ter-weights
- It consists of 3 syllables and 14 chars.
- counterweights is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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