Translation of ballast (English-English)

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ballast: 1)A device to limit, regulate or stabilise electrical current; 2)Weight added to a ship, a lift or other vehicle to increase the total load for more stability
Category: Management in the public and private sector

ballast: To take heavy items into a ship and so to dispose of them that an increase in stability results.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

ballast: a device used with discharge lamps for stabilising the discharge
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

ballast: a general term which may indicate either bank gravel or unscreened crushed stone
Category: Building industry

ballast: any substance so carried in a lighter-than-air aircraft as to be dischargeable for trimming or for gaining height
Category: Transport

ballast: heavy weight placed at or near the bottom of a sailboat to provide stability
Category: Building industry

ballast: Heavy material placed low in ships used to maintain proper stability,trim,or draught.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

ballast: Any substance so carried in a lighter-than-air aircraft as to be dischargeable for trimming or for gaining height.
Category: Transport

ballast-free: open track work where the sleepers are supported directly by the roadbed,usually consisting of concrete
Category: Building industry

ballasting: The process of adding ballast to a vessel to improve its stability or seakindliness.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

ballasting: in LNG industry,adding inert gases to methane when a lower calorific value is required
Category: The chemical industry

ballasting-up: the operation of adjusting the buoyancy or trim by releasing ballast or gas
Category: Transport

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