Found 4 items, similar to Ballasting.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: ballast pemberat
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: ballast pemberat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ballast ballast v : make steady with a ballast ballast n 1: any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship 2: coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads 3: an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings 4: a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) [syn: ballast resistor , barretter] 5: an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps [syn: light ballast]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ballasting Ballast \Bal"last\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ballasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ballasting.] 1. To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold. [1913 Webster] 2. To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid. [1913 Webster] 3. To keep steady; to steady, morally. [1913 Webster] 'T is charity must ballast the heart. --Hammond. [1913 Webster] Ballasting \Bal"last*ing\, n. That which is used for steadying anything; ballast. [1913 Webster]