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Webster 1913 Edition


Equiponderant

Eˊqui-pon′der-ant

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
équipondérant
.]
Being of the same weight.
A column of air . . .
equiponderant
to a column of quicksilver.
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Equiponderant

EQUIPON'DERANT

,
Adj.
[supra.] Being of the same weight.

Definition 2024


equiponderant

equiponderant

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Adjective

equiponderant (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having equal weight.
    • 1803, Thomas Jefferson, Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson:
      In an absolute government there can be no such equiponderant parties.
    • 1837, Thomas Love Peacock, Headlong Hall:
      Thus, the scales of my philosophical balance remain eternally equiponderant, and I see no reason to say of either of them, OICHETAI EIS AIDAO[15.1]."

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