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Ballast Point, New South Wales — Ballast Point is a 2.6 hectare area located in Birchgrove at the tip of the Balmain Peninsular in the Municipality of Leichhardt in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located between Snails Bay and Mort Bay in Port Jackson.HistoryBetween… … Wikipedia
Ballast — may mean: Objects: * Ballast tanks, a device used on ships and submarines and other submersibles to control buoyancy and stability * Ballast weights, metallic plates used to bring auto racing vehicles up to the minimum mandated weight *… … Wikipedia
ballast — ► NOUN 1) a heavy substance carried by a ship or hot air balloon to keep it stable. 2) gravel or coarse stone used to form the base of a railway track or road. 3) a passive component used in an electric circuit to moderate changes in current.… … English terms dictionary
ballast — ballaster, n. ballastic /beuh las tik/, adj. /bal euhst/, n. 1. Naut. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability. 2. Aeron. something heavy, as bags of sand, placed in the car of a… … Universalium
ballast — I. noun Etymology: probably from Low German, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish & Swedish barlast ballast; perhaps akin to Old English bær bare & to Old English hlæst load, hladan to load more at lade Date: 1530 1. a heavy substance placed in … New Collegiate Dictionary
ballast — /ˈbæləst / (say baluhst) noun 1. any heavy material carried by a ship or boat for ensuring proper stability, so as to avoid capsizing and to secure the greatest effectiveness of the propelling power. 2. something heavy, as bags of sand, placed in …
ballast — [ baləst] noun 1》 a heavy substance, such as gravel or lead, placed in the bilge of a ship to ensure its stability. ↘a substance carried in an airship or on a hot air balloon to stabilize it. 2》 gravel or coarse stone used to form the bed of… … English new terms dictionary
ballast — bal•last [[t]ˈbæl əst[/t]] n. 1) naut. a heavy material carried on a vessel to control draft and stability or a balloon to control altitude 2) rai gravel or broken stone placed under the ties of a railroad 3) elm a device that maintains the… … From formal English to slang
ballast — n. & v. n. 1 any heavy material placed in a ship or the car of a balloon etc. to secure stability. 2 coarse stone etc. used to form the bed of a railway track or road. 3 Electr. any device used to stabilize the current in a circuit. 4 anything… … Useful english dictionary
ballast resistor — noun An electrical resistor whose resistance varies with the current passing through it, and thus tends to maintain a constant current Syn: barretter … Wiktionary
Ballast — A device used to control the voltage in a fluorescent lamp. *** A device that provides starting voltage and limits the current during normal operation in electrical discharge lamps (such as fluorescent lamps). California Energy Comission … Energy terms
