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Synonyms for ballast

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Synonyms for ballast

any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

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coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

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an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals

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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

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make steady with a ballast

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And when in the confusion of the moment he dropped a bag of ballast, the Germans, very politely but firmly overcame his scruples by shooting his balloon again twice.
Due to the design of the ballast distributor, there was very limited visibility of the line ahead when being driven in reverse ?
The B2S replaces ballast tracks with concrete slab tracks which, according to MRAIL, is proven to enhance safety and minimize rail defects.
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Michel Clareboudt, marine biologist at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), however, clarified that it wasn't proven beyond doubt that it was ballast water that had caused an invasion, but added that it was the most likely cause.
The MCTC is currently examining whether increasingly aggressive ballast water treatment systems using active substances that are anticipated to be installed as a result of this convention could potentially impact ballast talk linings currently subject to approval under the IMO's Performance Standard for Protective Coatings requirements.
The new International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulation on Ballast Water Management will require that all vessels going into deep sea have in-built Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS) by September 2017.
This practice of dumping ballast ended when steam vessels began using water ballast in the mid-19th century.
Ballast Point, founded in 1996, is projecting sales of nearly 4 million cases in calendar 2015, representing growth of more than 100 percent versus calendar 2014.
Renaissance will pay $1.7 for each Ballast Nedam share, which closed at 1.65 euros on Tuesday, the companies said in a joint statement on July 22.
Patent 8,876,014 (November 4, 2014), "Polyurethane Ballast Layer, The Method for Preparing the Same and the Use thereof," Chenxl Zhang, Gang Sun, Yi Shen, and Hui Zhao (Bayer Material-Science AG, Germany).
Construction and engineering company Ballast Nedam (AEX:BALNE.AS) announced on Wednesday that it has completed the sale of its Ballast Nedam Offshore's activities to Van Oord.
28 November 2014 - Netherlands-based construction and engineering company Ballast Nedam NV (AMS:BALNE) said that it had entered into an agreement with domestic dredging and marine contracting company Van Oord NV for the sale of its offshore operations.
Ballast water is seawater that ships carry to maintain balance, it is normally taken on in ballast tanks in the ship's bottom at the unloading port, and then discharged at the loading port.