balance weight
noun
engineering
a weight used in machines to counterbalance a part, as of a crankshaft
Also called: bobweight
Words nearby balance weight
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Example sentences from the Web for balance weight
The ball or balance-weight of a clock's pendulum; the weight attached to the plumb-line.
The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry SmythAt present the balance-weight is so placed that the gyrostat would fall if it were not spinning.
Spinning Tops |John Perry