Definition of "counterweights" []

• Plural form of counterweight. (noun)

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• "Depleted uranium has peaceful applications, such as counterweights in aircraft, missiles and racing sailboat keels and as a material used in hospitals for shielding x-rays or gamma radiation from equipment used for radiation therapy."
• "Furthermore, any faith that a revolution would provide us with more justice rather than just reassert injustice is challenged by the evidence of the major socialist revolutions of the past century with Cuba and Vietnam offering possible counterweights to an otherwise devastating track record for revolutionary socialism."
• "Uranium is mainly used for nuclear fuel but also to harden missile tips, make counterweights for lifts and as a tool for medical diagnostics."