ballast in English

noun

1

heavy material, such as gravel, sand, iron, or lead, placed low in a vessel to improve its stability.

Many ships discharge their ballast and bilge during loading and unloading because many Black Sea ports lack reception facilities.

2

gravel or coarse stone used to form the bed of a railroad track or road.

Some 97,000 tonnes of stone were transported in and 10,000 tonnes of ballast laid along the track bed.

3

a passive component used in an electric circuit to moderate changes in current.

The third electrode may be biased at the potential of the anode through a ballast resistor, and be located near the cathode.

verb

1

give stability to (a ship) by putting a heavy substance in its bilge.

the vessel has been ballasted to give the necessary floating stability

2

form (the bed of a railroad line or road) with gravel or coarse stone.

Even if it had been told that Soviet Railways ballasted thousands of miles of track with asbestos waste it would not have cared.

noun

• stabilizer, counterbalance, counterweight
• ballast resistor, barretter

Use "ballast" in a sentence

1. Arema Ballast (4, 4a, & 5) is also known as ballast stone, railroad ballast, walking ballast, mainline ballast, shortline ballast, and yard ballast, This material is used primarily for railroads as mainline ballast or cross walk material.Because the purpose of Arema Ballast is to improve drainage

2. Ballasten: ballast, stabilize with ballast, steady: Translations: 1 – 1 / 1

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4. There are two main types of Ballasts; magnetic Ballast and electric Ballast (aka Electronic Ballast) and we will review both.

5. Ballast pick up

6. Ballast pick-up

7. Close the main ballast.

8. Requirements on ballast masses

9. Ballast tanks are constructed in ships with piping system and high capacity Ballast …

10. Ballast or Ballast water is sea water carried by a vessel in its Ballast tanks to ensure its trim, stability and structural integrity

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13. Linus, start taking on ballast.

14. (c) 'segregated ballast tank' means a tank exclusively used for the carriage of segregated ballast;

15. Lightweight Ballast is easy to use

16. Ballast Ballast is used for many types of building applications and consists of sharp sand and gravel

17. Wondering which lighting Ballast to choose?

18. Close all main ballast tank vents.

19. All the aforementioned goods for use in connection with ballast water treatment systems and ballast water management systems

20. Discontinuous ac power ballast for discharge lamp

21. Electronic ballast comprising a full bridge circuit

22. Digital addressable electronic ballast and control unit

23. 8 He has got no ballast whatever.

24. Sand ballast was used to control altitude.

25. Purpose: Fluorescent lamp, electronic ballast, electronic transformer.

26. Your Bulker may require up to hundreds of thousands of tons of ballast water – which means large ballast water flows

27. Ballast noun counterbalance, balance, weight, stability, equilibrium, sandbag, counterweight, stabilizer She may have to discharge some Ballast to make her lighter

28. The Vasa had some 120 tons of ballast.

29. So quite often you load water for ballast.

30. A fluorescent lamp's Ballast works to control this

31. GE 2-Bulb Commercial Electronic Fluorescent Light Ballast

32. Ballasting the tanks using the ballast pump/pumps.

33. Method and washing system for cleaning track ballast

34. All samples shall be tested with the ballast, according to paragraph 2.2.2.4, in case the ballast is not integrated with the light source.

35. Kwaliteitsborging 600 w Elektronische magnetische ballast hps Ballasten

36. (3) No water ballast is to be used.

37. Fabric for use as under ballast drainage separators

38. Pump out port No.1 ballast water overboard.

39. (3) mass of the fuel or ballast load;

40. Ballast masses (total weight, material, number of components

41. What is a Ballast? Simply put, the Ballast is the heart of a fluorescent light fixture sending energy (pumping blood) through the lamp

42. The economic cooperation provides the ballast for our relationship.

43. Well, in a balloon it's easy, we have ballast.

44. Ballast Bracket, Round Roll Bar Style, Aluminum, Black, 1.625 in

45. In general, Ballast means something that provides stability or weight

46. Device for anchoring ships by means of lowerable ballast bodies

47. What is a Ballast? In a fluorescent lighting system, the Ballast regulates the current to the lamps and provides sufficient voltage to start the lamps

48. The warning Canceller feed should go to the ballast input

49. Premature Ballast failure is often caused by the surrounding environment

50. Heat and moisture are enemies #1 and #2 to your Ballast