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Noun: ballast balust- Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
- Coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
- An attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
- A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
- ballast resistor, barretter - An electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
- light ballast
Verb: ballast balust- Make steady with a ballast
Derived forms: ballasting, ballasts, ballasted Type of: attribute, brace, crushed rock, electrical device, gravel, material, resistance, resistor, stabilise [Brit], stabilize, steady, stuff Encyclopedia: Ballast |