preponderance

  1. Noun.  Excess or superiority of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
  2. Noun.  (obsolete) The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
  3. Noun.  The greater portion of the weight.
  4. Noun.  The majority.

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