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Synonyms for ballast

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for ballast

any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

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coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

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an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals

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a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)

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an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps

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make steady with a ballast

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Today, MRAIL said Seoul Metro is migrating all its ballasted tracks to the slab track configuration.
Meralco unit, Korea partner to bring new rail technology to the Philippines
Trains, including high-speed and heavily loaded freight trains, run on track beds or ballasted tracks, that is, tracks mounted on wood, concrete, or steel ties embedded in a gravel or stone bed.
Making tracks
Recent findings by Oak Ridge, TN-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Waltham, MA-based Single Ply Roofing Industry (SPRI) show that ballasted roofing systems are an acceptable alternative to cool roofing.
Ballast roof systems considered cool roof alternative
This large-scale prismoidal triaxial rig of 800 mm length, 600 mm width and 600 mm height was designed and installed at the University of Wollongong to model the cyclic loading response of ballasted tracks.
Tsunami affected coastal soil disturbance and implications on reconstruction with special reference to low-cost dwellings and rail tracks
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