English-Thai Dictionary

preponderance

ADJ การ มีอำนาจ สูงสุด  การ มีอำนาจ มากกว่า  การ มีพลัง เหนือกว่า  supremacy superiority kan-me-am-nad-sung-sud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREPONDERANCE, PREPONDERANCY

n.[See Preponderate. ] 1. An outweighing; superiority of weight. The least preponderance of weight on one side of a ship or boat will make it incline or heel.
2. Superiority of power, force or weight; in a figurative sense; as a preponderance of evidence.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREPONDERANCE; PREPONDERANCY

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. )

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

preponderance

pre pon der ance |priˈpändərəns prəˈpɑnd (ə )rəns | ▶noun the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance: the preponderance of women among older people | forests with a preponderance of Apache pine.

 

Oxford Dictionary

preponderance

pre |pon ¦der |ance |prɪˈpɒnd (ə )r (ə )ns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance: the preponderance of women among older people | [ count noun ] : a preponderance of lower-paid jobs.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

preponderance

preponderance noun 1 the preponderance of women among older people: prevalence, predominance, dominance. 2 the preponderance of the evidence: bulk, majority, larger part, best /better part. 3 the preponderance of the unions: predominance, dominance, ascendancy, supremacy, power.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

preponderance

preponderance noun 1 the preponderance of women among older people: prevalence, predominance, dominance. 2 the preponderance of evidence indicates that such is likely to be the case: bulk, majority, greater quantity, larger part, best /better part, main part, most, almost all, more than half, mass, weight, (main ) body, lion's share, predominance, generality. 3 many members were dissatisfied with the preponderance of the trade unions: predominance, dominance, ascendancy, leadership, mastery, supremacy, control, sway, power; advantage, upper hand, edge; rare paramountcy.

 

French Dictionary

prépondérance

prépondérance n. f. nom féminin Supériorité. : La prépondérance américaine en matière informatique. SYNONYME domination ; prédominance ; prééminence ; primauté . Note Orthographique prépondér a nce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

preponderance

pre pon der ance /prɪpɑ́nd (ə )r (ə )ns |-pɔ́n -/名詞 U ｟かたく ｠〖a /the ～〗圧倒的多数, 優位 (predominance ); (重さ 数 量などで ) «…より » まさること «over » .