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The 13 pages that link to Counterweight, each with the reason it gives.

• ElevatorRelated: Balancing the car reduces the energy required to move it.

• SteadicamRelated: Weights on the sled balance the camera and help set its response to movement.

• Stage machineryRelated: Adjustable counterweights balance scenery suspended from theatrical rigging.

• GuillotineRelated: The raised blade assembly falls under gravity after its restraint is released.

• Space elevatorRelated: A mass beyond geostationary orbit can help keep an Earth elevator’s tether taut.

• TrebuchetRelated: Its downward fall converts gravitational potential energy into the arm’s rotation.

• FunicularRelated: Many funiculars use one car's descent to help pull the other car uphill.

• Aerial tramwayRelated: Some tramways use counterweights to balance cabin loads and reduce driving effort.

• Étienne DecrouxRelated: Counterweight lets performers suggest effort, resistance, and the pull of unseen forces.

• Hydraulic excavatorRelated: It offsets loads carried by the boom and bucket during lifting and digging.

• DrawbridgeRelated: Counterweights reduce the force needed to raise many bascule spans.

• Gateshead Millennium BridgeRelated: The arch and deck balance one another as the bridge tilts.

• ShadoofRelated: It helps raise the filled bucket after the operator pulls it down into the water.