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noun • any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship • coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads • an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings • a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) • an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps verb • make steady with a ballast | ||||||||
46% | 9 | Near as dammit | ||||||
adverb • in essence or effect but not in fact • (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | ||||||||
35% | 7 | One pound force acting on a mass of one pound | ||||||
noun • a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound; equal to 0.1382 newtons | ||||||||
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BALLAST which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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BALLAST
Updated: October 14, 2023
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