PREPONDERANCE

preponderance

Noun

  1. Excess or superiority of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
  2. The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
  3. The greater portion of the weight.
  4. The majority.


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