Hypertext Webster Gateway: "counterbalancing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Counterbalance \Coun`ter*bal"ance\ (-b?l"ans), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. {Counterbalanced} (-anst); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Counterbalancing}.]
To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the
power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to
balance.
The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the
mercurial cylinder. --Boyle.
The cstudy of mind is necessary to counterbalance and
correct the influence of the study of nature. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
counterbalancing
adj : serving to equilibrate; "he added a counterbalancing weight"
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