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Definition of Overbalances
1. overbalance [v] - See also: overbalance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overbalances
Literary usage of Overbalances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... where the hinder part of the body overbalances by far the forward portion, as
in Brontosaurus, Diplodocus, ..."
2. The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1906)
"... and I trust, if your trouble overbalances j'our dignity on the occasion, it
will be amply repaid by Mrs. Craven's approbation, and a pleasant scheme to ..."
3. Wells's Natural Philosophy: For the Use of Schools, Academies, and Private by David Ames Wells, Worthington Chauncey Ford (1879)
"But, the column on one side being longer than upon the other, the weight of the
long column overbalances the short one, and determines FIG. ..."
4. Adjustments Through Elimination: Including a Detailed Explanation of why by Charles Edmund Freeman (1911)
"... which overbalances the difference that existed between its total debits and
total credits before the posting was made, ie, by posting a greater amount ..."
5. Institutes of Natural Law: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on by Thomas Rutherforth (1832)
"The property of labour, you say, overbalances the community of land: because ...
Now if, by saying, that the property of labour overbalances the community ..."
6. Institutes of Natural Law: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on by Thomas Rutherforth (1832)
"The property of labour, you say, overbalances the community of land: because ...
Now if, by saying, that the property of labour overbalances the community ..."
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