preponderance
Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɒndəɹəns/
The English word “preponderance” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
- Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
- Greater physical weight.
- The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
Etymology
From preponderant + -ance.
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