ballast

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.
2. Anything that steadies emotion or the mind.
3. Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads, or in making concrete; track ballast.
4. A material, such as aggregate or precast concrete pavers, which employs its mass and the force of gravity to hold single-ply roof membranes in place.
5. device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)
6. That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

Verb

1. To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.
2. To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.
3. To weigh down with a ballast.

Concepten

ballast

ballastbed

ballasten

bedding

Synoniemen

ballast resistor

gravel

barretter

light ballast

lumber

roadbed

weight

sailing ballast

dead weight

coil

lading

macadamize

maintain

millstone

pebbles

poise

road metal

sale

stabilize

asphalt

subgrade

road-metal

Valium

ballast weight

ballast cargo

base cargo

bottom cargo

bottom stowage

steady resistance

loading resistor

balase

stabilizer

baggage

bed

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compensate

counterbalance

counterweight

equilibrate

formation

foundation

junk

macadam

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbæl.əst/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English bar (“bare”) + last (“load”).

Zinnen

Some or all of this ballast would then be discarded when cargo was loaded .

Sommige of al deze ballast zouden dan worden weggegooid wanneer de lading werd geladen.