Preponderance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Excess or superiority of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
  • n. The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
  • n. The greater portion of the weight.
  • n. The majority.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
  • n. The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state or quality of preponderating or outweighing; superiority in weight: as, preponderance of metal.
  • n. Superiority in force, influence, quantity, or number; predominance.
  • n. In gunnery, the excess of weight of that part of a gun which is to the rear of the trunnions over that in front of them.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight
  • n. a superiority in numbers or amount
  • n. superiority in power or influence
    • Equivalent
    preponderancy   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weightiness    heaviness    figure    number    power   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    outweighing    control    prevalence   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    predominance    disparity    superiority    disproportion    inferiority   
     
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