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preponderance 音標拼音: [prip'ɑndrəns] n. 重量的優勢,優勢,優越 重量的優勢,優勢,優越 preponderance n 1: superiority in power or influence; " the preponderance of good over evil"; " the preponderance of wealth and power" 2: a superiority in numbers or amount; " a preponderance of evidence against the defendant" [ synonym: { preponderance}, { prevalence}] 3: exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; " the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale" Preponderance \ Pre* pon" der* ance\, Preponderancy\ Pre* pon" der* an* cy\, n. [ Cf. F. pr[' e] pond[' e] rance.] 1. The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing. [ 1913 Webster] The mind should . . . reject or receive proportionably to the preponderancy of the greater grounds of probability. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] In a few weeks he had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Gun.) The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them. [ 1913 Webster] 98 Moby Thesaurus words for " preponderance": accomplishment, advantage, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, authority, balance of power, bulk, charisma, charm, clout, consequence, control, credit, deanship, dominance, dominancy, domination, dominion, effect, eminence, eminent domain, enchantment, esteem, excellence, favor, force, good feeling, greatness, hegemony, hold, importance, incidental power, incomparability, influence, influentiality, inimitability, insinuation, lead, leadership, leverage, magnetism, majority, mass, masterdom, mastery, moment, more than half, most, one- upmanship, overlordship, personality, persuasion, plurality, potency, power, precedence, predominance, predominancy, predomination, preeminence, preponderancy, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, pressure, prestige, primacy, principality, priority, privilege, purchase, reign, repute, right- of- way, rule, say, seniority, skill, sovereignty, strength, suasion, subtle influence, success, suggestion, superiority, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty, sway, the greatest number, transcendence, transcendency, upper hand, virtuosity, weight, weightiness, whip hand
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