PREPONDERANCE

preponderance

(noun) exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; “the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale”

preponderance, prevalence

(noun) a superiority in numbers or amount; “a preponderance of evidence against the defendant”

preponderance

(noun) superiority in power or influence; “the preponderance of good over evil”; “the preponderance of wealth and power”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

preponderance (countable and uncountable, plural preponderances)

Excess or superiority of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.

(obsolete) The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

The greater portion of the weight.

The majority.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pre*pon"der*ance, Pre*pon"der*an*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prépondérance.]

1. The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing. The mind should . . . reject or receive proportionably to the preponderancy of the greater grounds of probability. Locke. In a few weeks he had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed. Macaulay.

2. (Gun.)

Definition: The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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