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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kom-puhn-seyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt


Définition of compensating

Origin :
  • 1640s, "to be equivalent;" 1650s, "to counterbalance, make up for," from Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare "to weigh one thing (against another)," thus, "to counterbalance," from com- "with" (see com-) + pensare, frequentative of pendere "to weigh" (see pendant). Meaning "to recompense, remunerate" is from 1814. Related: Compensated; compensating.
  • adj refunding
Example sentences :
  • The periodic or compensating errors of the planets is another instance.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • On the other hand, the compensating quality of directness was.
  • Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • It is the drawback, not the compensating fact, that is talked of always.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • This is, no doubt, not so powerful as a telescope, but it has some compensating advantages.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
  • The misery that followed this incident had one compensating factor.
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • Graham got over the difficulty with a rod by means of the compensating pendulum.
  • Extract from : « How it Works » by Archibald Williams
  • There are compensating circumstances which should alleviate our sorrow.
  • Extract from : « The Transformation of Job » by Frederick Vining Fisher
  • You see our play is on a compensating, self-adjusting principle.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Amusing » by Frank Bellew
  • But the good and the evil are far from compensating each other.
  • Extract from : « Economic Sophisms » by Frederic Bastiat
  • These slots, by a movement of the nut F, provide a means for compensating for wear.
  • Extract from : « Measuring Tools » by Unknown

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