preponderance 音标拼音: [prip'ɑndrəns]
n . 重量的优势,优势,优越
重量的优势,优势,优越
preponderance n 1 :
superiority in power or influence ; "
the preponderance of good over evil "; "
the preponderance of wealth and power "
2 :
a superiority in numbers or amount ; "
a preponderance of evidence against the defendant " [
synonym : {
preponderance },
{
prevalence }]
3 :
exceeding in heaviness ;
having greater weight ; "
the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale "
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1 .
The quality or state of being preponderant ;
superiority or excess of weight ,
influence ,
or power ,
etc .;
an outweighing .
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The mind should . . .
reject or receive proportionably to the preponderancy of the greater grounds of probability . --
Locke .
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In a few weeks he had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe ,
and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed . --
Macaulay .
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2 . (
Gun .)
The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them .
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preponderance ":
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