preponderance

IPA: pripˈɑndrʌns

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

Examples of "preponderance" in Sentences

That so-called preponderance standard is typically used in civil cases.
He began with what may be described as a preponderance of the poetic element over the dramatic.
In point of fact, the Soviet Union did develop what might best be called a preponderance of familiar weapons.
Without denying that they have weight, I think it may be made to appear that they have not the unquestionable preponderance, which is assumed for them.
We think it would be found that among women conversions from Protestantism to Catholicism preponderate, and that among men the preponderance is the other way about.
But if that preponderance is leading to a world in which Russian and Chinese launch commanders are fingering nuclear hair triggers, the game may not be worth the candle.
Were the thirst of riches to take absolute possession of every class of society, it would infallibly produce the evil complained of by those who see with regret what they call the preponderance of the industrious system; but the increase of commerce, by multiplying the connections between nations, by opening an immense sphere to the activity of the mind, by pouring capital into agriculture, and creating new wants by the refinement of luxury, furnishes a remedy against the supposed dangers.