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counterbalanced   (TTS Sound)

The verb counterbalance has 3 senses

• compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up -- (adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance")


• oppose, counterbalance -- (contrast with equal weight or force)


• counteract, countervail, neutralize, counterbalance -- (oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; "This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues")

The adj counterbalanced has 1 sense

• counterbalanced, counterpoised -- (brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another)