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Deutsche Ballast {m} Synonyme

Ballast  Gewicht  
ballast  balance  break bulk  break out ballast  clear for action  clear the decks  consideration  counterbalance  counterpoise  counterweight  

Englische ballast Synonyme

ballast  balance  break bulk  break out ballast  clear for action  clear the decks  consideration  counterbalance  counterpoise  counterweight  equipoise  equivalent  firm  firm up  freeze  give-and-take  hold  immobilize  keep  lead  makeweight  nail down  offset  pin down  poise  quid pro quo  retain  sandbag  setoff  shift ballast  shoot ballast  something of value  stabilitate  stabilize  steady  stick  tit for tat  transfix  trim  trim ship  trim up  weigh down  weight  weight down  wing out ballast  

Ballast {m} Definition

Ballast
(a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.
Ballast
(a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
Ballast
(a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
Ballast
(a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
Ballast
(a.) Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
Ballast
(v. t.) To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.
Ballast
(v. t.) To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
Ballast
(v. t.) To keep steady
Water ballast
() Water confined in specially constructed compartments in a vessel's hold, to serve as ballast.

ballast Bedeutung

ballast any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
ballast light ballast an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
ballast resistor
ballast barretter 		a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
ballast an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals, something that steadies the mind or feelings
ballast coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
ballast make steady with a ballast
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