English-Danish translations for counterweight

• modvægt
  Det siges, at vi danner for lille en modvægt mod USA's overherredømme. We are said to offer too little counterweight to US supremacy.
  Eller vil EU finde en modvægt til USA's dominans? Or will the EU find a counterweight to the dominance of the USA?
  Det betyder imidlertid også en modvægt til kapitalen i Europa. However, it also constitutes a counterweight to capital in Europe.

Definition of counterweight

• A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge

Related words

• counter
• encounter
• counterfeit
• counterforce
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