† equiponderousadj.

Forms: Also 1600s æquiponderous.

Etymology: < equi- comb. form + Latin pondus, ponderis weight + -ous suffix.

Obsolete.

Of equal weight or specific gravity; figurative of equal authority.

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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Equiponderous, of equal weight.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 96 Being..æqui-ponderous to a Mercurial Cylinder of 28 inches.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. xxvi His Character justly renders him æquiponderous to them in Moral..Knowledge.

1730 H. de Saumarez in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 54 To make it equiponderous with the Water.

Derivatives

equiˈponderousness n.

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1736 in Bailey

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	equiponderous
释义	† equiponderousadj. Forms: Also 1600s æquiponderous. Etymology: < equi- comb. form + Latin pondus, ponderis weight + -ous suffix. Obsolete. Of equal weight or specific gravity; figurative of equal authority. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Equiponderous, of equal weight. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 96 Being..æqui-ponderous to a Mercurial Cylinder of 28 inches. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. xxvi His Character justly renders him æquiponderous to them in Moral..Knowledge. 1730 H. de Saumarez in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 54 To make it equiponderous with the Water. Derivatives equiˈponderousness n. ΚΠ 1736 in Bailey This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1656
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