Ballast - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbæləst|
Brit.
|ˈbæləst|
noun
- any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
- coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
- an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
- a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
- an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
- coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
- an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
- a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
- an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
verb
- make steady with a ballast
Extra examples
The car was ballasted with sand bags.
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