counterweight oor Tagalog

counterweight

werkwoord, naamwoord

A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Tagalog

gantimbigat

heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something

voorbeelde

They also incorporate shock absorbers, counterweights, ripstop mechanisms and many other simple but brilliantly effective devices, all of which increase the wing’s aerodynamic effectiveness.”
Mayroon din itong shock absorbers, kontra-timbang, mekanismo na humahadlang sa paglaki ng maliliit na punit at marami pang ibang payak ngunit napakabisang mga aparato, pawang nakadaragdag sa aerodynamic na bisa ng pakpak.”

But this organ does not explain their ability to stand erect and walk, “since their bodies, unlike those of humans, are oriented horizontally and their tails are not an adequate counterweight,” says Germany’s Leipziger Volkszeitung.
Subalit hindi ipinaliliwanag ng sangkap na ito ang kanilang kakayahang tumayo nang tuwid at maglakad, “yamang ang kanilang mga katawan, di-gaya ng sa mga tao, ay karaniwan nang nakaposisyon nang pahalang at ang kanilang buntot ay hindi pambalanse,” ang sabi ng pahayagang Leipziger Volkszeitung ng Alemanya.

The stage scenery was kept there, along with the cages for the wild animals, the weapons, and the hoists with counterweights for lifting the wild beasts and the gladiators to the level of the arena.
Diyan itinatago ang mga tanawin ng entablado, pati na ang mga kulungan para sa mababangis na hayop, mga sandata, at mga tagapagtaas na may katapat na timbang para itaas ang mababangis na hayop at ang mga mandirigma o gladiator sa kapantay ng arena.

Counterweights for Earthquakes
Kontratimbang Para sa Lindol

The roadways leading from each riverbank terminate in a counterweighted bascule, or seesaw.
Nasa dulo ng mga kalsada mula sa magkabilang pampang ang counterweighted bascule o siso.

Before it is reopened, the 800 tons of lead counterweights that were put at the base during the straightening process and the ten steel rings put around it for strengthening will be removed.
Bago ito muling buksan, ang 800 tonelada ng tinggang kontra-pabigat na inilagay sa pinakapundasyon ng tore noong proseso ng pagtutuwid at ang sampung anilyong bakal na inilagay sa palibot nito na pinaka-suporta ay aalisin.

At the chief’s cue, the rest of the crew of five or six men raise the net by pulling down on the ropes to which the counterweight boulders are tied.
Sa hudyat ng lider, iaahon ng lima o anim na tauhang lalaki ang lambat sa pamamagitan ng paghila pababa sa mga lubid na pinagtatalian ng mga pabigat na mga batong pambalanse.

The mammoth Chinese nets use a fulcrum and counterweights to balance the load of the net and the catch.
Ang malalaking lambat na mula sa Tsina ay may isang fulcrum at may mga pabigat upang mabalanse ang bigat ng lambat at ng huli.

Once the power was switched on, the counterweighted bascules swung upward on their 21-inch [50 cm] supports.
Kapag pinaandar na ito, aangat na ang mga pohas ng tulay mula sa pinagkakabitan nitong 50 sentimetro ang sukat.

After centuries of tilting toward what seemed inevitable collapse, the leaning Tower of Pisa has apparently finally been stabilized—thanks to a counterweight of a thousand tons of lead ingots placed at its base.
Makalipas ang ilang siglong pagkakatagilid na para bang babagsak na, ang nakahilig na Tore ng Pisa sa wakas ay waring pinatatag na rin —sa tulong ng kontra-bigat ng isang libong tonelada ng molde ng tingga na inilagay sa pinakapuno nito.

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today denounced US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of "meddling in the South China Sea conflict by pushing Southeast Asian countries with overlapping claims in the disputed islands and land formations to come up with a common position to serve as a US counterweight to its frenemy relations with China."
Tinukoy ng PKP na ang gubyerno ng US ay nagsikap ngunit nabigong kunin ang kolektibong paninindigan ng Association of Southeast Asian Nations laban sa China noong Hulyo sa pulong nito sa Cambodia.