preponderance

1 superiority in power or influence; "the preponderance of good over evil"; "the preponderance of wealth and power"

2 a superiority in numbers or amount; "there is a preponderance of Blacks in our prisons" [syn: prevalence]

3 exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; "the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale"

English

Noun

preponderance

1. The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
2. The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

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