Czech Meaning of ballast

předřadník

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Definitions and Meaning of ballast in English

Wordnet

ballast (n)

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

Wordnet

ballast (v)

make steady with a ballast

Webster

ballast (a.)

Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.

Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.

The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.

Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

Webster

ballast (v. t.)

To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.

To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.

To keep steady; to steady, morally.

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předřadník

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

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