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equiponderant, a. and n.|iːkwɪˈpɒndərənt|
Also 7 equiponderent, 7–9 æquiponderant.
[ad. med.L. æquiponderant-em, pr. pple. of æquiponderāre: see next vb. Cf. Fr. équipondérant.]
A. adj.
1.
†a. Having its weight equally distributed; evenly balanced.
†b. Of equal specific gravity.
c. Of equal weight.
a.1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. II. ii. 61 If the needle be not exactly equiponderant, that end which is a thought too light, if touched becommeth even.
b.1691Ray Creation (1714) 26 May serve to render their Bodies equiponderant to the water. 1766T. Amory Life J. Buncle (1770) IV. 100 To make gold, other metals must be rendered equiponderant to it.
c.1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. xxxvi. 291 The quantity of Air to a quantity of Water equiponderant thereto, is as 1300 to 1. 1777Shuckburgh in Phil. Trans. LXVII. 557 The proportional gravity of quicksilver to air will express inversely the length of two equiponderant columns of these fluids. 1821J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. iii. (1871) 95 The silver penny..to which 32 kernels of wheat were equiponderant was equal to 22½ grains troy.
2. Of immaterial things:
a. Of equal weight, importance, force, or influence.
b. Evenly balanced.
c1630Jackson Creed vi. xi. Wks. 1844 V. 290 In a measure equiponderent to their weight upon our souls. 1747Johnson Plan Eng. Dict. Wks. IX. 172 The equiponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment and accuracy. 1833Q. Rev. XLIX. 550 The theory of three distinct and equiponderant estates. 1882Symonds Animi Figura 127 Equiponderant strife 'twixt good And evil.
B. n. pl. Things of equal weight.
1852Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. 326 The Treatise on æquiponderants by Archimedes. |