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counterweight <counterweight; counterweights> N

counterweight

counterweight hoisting MIN

elevator counterweight AVIAT

walking beam counterweight ARCHIT

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At the center of the side plates, two roller bearings with counterweights are connected for running the drive.
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It's also used by counterweights for lifting up an elevator, crane, or sash window.
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Moving the counterweights along the curved track raises or lowers the bridge.
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The concrete counterweights continued to hang over the road, and as time went on, they began to decay and drop chunks of concrete on the road below.
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Consequently, the concrete counterweights were removed from the bridge's tower and dropped in the lake.
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But it has since revealed that it reversed itself because it feared the army might outmanoeuvre the democratic forces, and had to create some counterweights.
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The bridge has engine rooms on either side, which operate the wire ropes and counterweights that lift and lower the bridge.
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Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical radiation therapy and industrial radiography equipment and containers used to transport radioactive materials.
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The lifting design utilises four white tubular steel space truss towers with concrete counterweights mounted internally on red carriers, although early plans envisioned spherical counterweights.
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Each sash is provided with springs, counterweights, or compliant weatherstripping to hold it in place in any location.
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