kuristin — meaning in English

English meaning

• ballast noun Heavy material carried in a ship, balloon, or vehicle to provide stability.

Senses

kuristin is used for these senses in English:

• ballast (countable, electricity, electronics) device used for stabilizing current in an electric circuit (e.g. in a tube lamp supply circuit)
• buntline (nautical) Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.

ballast — full definition

1. noun Heavy material carried in a ship, balloon, or vehicle to provide stability.
2. noun Crushed stone or gravel laid down to form a stable bed for a road or railway track.
3. verb To stabilize something by loading it with heavy material.

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