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Definition of Ballast
1. Verb. Make steady with a ballast.
2. Noun. Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship.
3. Noun. Coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads.
4. Noun. An attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings.
5. Noun. A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations).
6. Noun. An electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps.
Definition of Ballast
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.
Definition of Ballast
1. Noun. (nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) Anything that steadies emotion or the mind. ¹
3. Noun. Coarse gravel or similar material laid to form a bed for roads or railroads. ¹
4. Noun. (construction) 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. ¹
5. Noun. (electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g.in a tube lamp supply circuit) ¹
6. Verb. To stabilize or load a ship with ballast. ¹
7. Verb. To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ballast
1. to stabilize [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: stabilize
Medical Definition of Ballast
1. 1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold. 2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc, in order to make it firm and solid. 3. To keep steady; to steady, morally. "'T is charity must ballast the heart." (Hammond) Origin: Ballasted; Ballasting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballast
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