Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/June 23

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Word of the day
for June 23
preponderance n
  1. (obsolete) Greater physical weight.
    1. (specifically, weaponry, historical) The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
  2. Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
  3. Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
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