Associations to the word «Preponderance»

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

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

PREPONDERANCE, noun. The greater portion of the weight.

PREPONDERANCE, noun. The majority.

PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE, noun. (legal) Alternative spelling of preponderance of the evidence

PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE, noun. (legal) A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that evidence be sufficient to determine that a claim is more likely to be true than not.

PREPONDERANCE, noun. Superiority in power or influence; "the preponderance of good over evil"; "the preponderance of wealth and power".

PREPONDERANCE, noun. A superiority in numbers or amount; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant".

PREPONDERANCE, noun. Exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; "the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale".