Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. ia601903.us.archive.org › 32145473A Dictionary of Science (Sixth edition) - Internet Archive

   ia601903.us.archive.org › 32145473

   This sixth edition of A Dictionary of Science, like its predecessors, aims to provide school and first-year university students with accurate explanations of any unfamiliar words they might come across in the course of their studies, in their own or adjacent disciplines. For example, students of the physical sciences will find all they are ...

   • File Size: 5MB

   • Page Count: 907

2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › preponderantPreponderant Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

   www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › preponderant

   • Cached

   The meaning of PREPONDERANT is having superior weight, force, or influence. How to use preponderant in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Preponderant.

3. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › preponderantPREPONDERANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

   www.collinsdictionary.com › english › preponderant

   • Cached

   Word origin. L praeponderans, prp. preponderant in American English. (prɪˈpɑndərənt) adjective. superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing. a preponderant misconception. SYNONYMS overpowering, overruling, major, dominant. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › preponderantPREPONDERANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

   dictionary.cambridge.org › english › preponderant

   • Cached

   adjective. formal uk / prɪˈpɒn.d ə r. ə nt / us / prɪˈpɑːn.dɚ. ə nt / Add to word list. important or large: Music does not play a very preponderant role in the school's teaching. Synonyms. overriding. predominant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Very important or urgent. all-important. at all costs idiom.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › preponderantPREPONDERANT definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

   dictionary.cambridge.org › english › preponderant

   • Cached

   weighty. See more results » (Definition of preponderant from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of preponderant. preponderant. A series of responses across the polls consistently show that preponderant majorities believe they are confronting greater financial risk than earlier generations.

6. www.oed.com › dictionary › preponderant_adjpreponderant, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford ...

   www.oed.com › dictionary › preponderant_adj

   • Cached

   There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective preponderant. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

7. People also ask

   What is the difference between dominant and preponderant?

   • dominant applies to something that is uppermost because ruling or controlling. predominant applies to something that exerts, often temporarily, the most marked influence. paramount implies supremacy in importance, rank, or jurisdiction. preponderant applies to an element or factor that outweighs all others in influence or effect.

   Preponderant Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

   www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preponderant

   See all results for this question

   How many occurrences of the adjective preponderant are there?

   • About 0.5 occurrences per million words in modern written English How is the adjective preponderant pronounced? Where does the adjective preponderant come from? preponderant is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praeponderant-, praeponderāns.

   preponderant, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dic…

   www.oed.com/dictionary/preponderant_adj

   See all results for this question

   What happens if a preponderant originates with a doer?

   • If it originates with the doer, this leads to an unending chain of preponderants, as the occurrence of each preponderant must be preceded by another preponderant. If it does, then such a preponderant must originate either with the doer or with someone or something else, or neither with the doer nor with someone or something else.

   PREPONDERANT definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

   dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/preponderant

   See all results for this question

   Is abandon a preponderant idiom?

   • Still, abandon is such a preponderant idiom that the two terms ought to be distinguished. If it originates outside the doer, then this preponderant is either efficient or it is not. This preponderant, in other words, would rely on some other (efficient) preponderant, which alone would be responsible for bringing the act into existence.

   PREPONDERANT definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

   dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/preponderant

   See all results for this question

   Does a preponderant language originate with a doer?

   • If it does, then such a preponderant must originate either with the doer or with someone or something else, or neither with the doer nor with someone or something else. My suspicion is motivated by the fact that preponderant use of one language in a given situation is accounted for either by referring to language dominance.

   PREPONDERANT definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

   dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/preponderant

   See all results for this question

   Is abandon a preponderant power?

   • The preponderant power of the central party is evident but it is not all-conquering. Still, abandon is such a preponderant idiom that the two terms ought to be distinguished. Yet states refrain from initiating war if a balance of power exists in which no single state or alliance of states has overwhelming preponderant power.

   PREPONDERANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

   dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/preponderant

   See all results for this question

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › preponderantPreponderant - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

   www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › preponderant

   Definitions of preponderant. adjective. having superior power or influence. synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating, prepotent. dominant. exercising influence or control. Cite this entry.