preponderance.
Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
Meaning & usage
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.
Greater physical weight. The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English preponderant Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -āntia Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English preponderance From preponderant + -ance.
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