Ballast (disambiguation)
ballast referred
- In aviation and shipping, a worthless cargo for stabilizing a vehicle, see ballast
- In fuel and combustion technology, the non-combustible components of a fuel, see ballast coal
- food components indigestible in nutritional science, see dietary fiber
- in radio technology, an artificial antenna for low-interference testing of transmitters and power amplifiers
- in electronics ballasts or transformers (e.g. for gas discharge lamps )
- Thomas Ballast (* 1962), a German health insurance manager
- Counterweights, especially on vehicles, see counterweight (mechanics)