Definizione monolingua

preponderance

preponderance (uncountable)

1. Excess or superiority of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
   • 2000, Paul Van Slambrouck, “Californias brightest star is, well, gray”, Christian Science Monitor:

     Subtle, institutional discrimination was evident in the preponderance of blacks and underprivileged whites fighting the war.

   • 1900, Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, (translated by James Strachey) pg. 168:

     But even less disgruntled observers have insisted that pain and un-pleasure are more common in dreams than pleasure: for instance, Scholz (1893, 57), Volkelt (1875, 80), and others. Indeed two ladies, Florence Hallam and Sarah Weed (1896, 499), have actually given statistical expression, based on a study of their own dreams, to the preponderance of unpleasure in dreaming.

2. (obsolete) The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
3. The greater portion of the weight.
   • 2006 1/24, Scott Baldauf, “India history spat hits US”, Christian Science Monitor:

     the preponderance of evidence shows that Aryans came to India, with their horses, their chariots, and their religious beliefs, from outside.

4. The majority.
   • 1997 8/17, Patricia Holt, “Just Add Sand; Trash fiction for end-of-the summer beach reading”, San Francisco Chronicle, page 1:

     Is there a preponderance of female protagonists in commercial fiction, and if so, what does it mean?

Definizione dizionario preponderance

preponderanza

prevalenza

Altri significati:

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

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

The majority.

The greater portion of the weight.

state of being preponderant