balance
Nouns
- (n) a state of equilibrium
- (n) equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
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(n) harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
- (n) equality of distribution equipoise, counterbalance, equilibrium,
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(n) something left after other parts have been taken away
- there was no remainder
- he threw away the rest
- he took what he wanted and I got the balance
- (n) the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- (n) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra Libra,
- (n) the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22 Libra the Balance, Libra the Scales, Libra,
- (n) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane symmetricalness, symmetry, correspondence,
- (n) a weight that balances another weight counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer,
- (n) a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat balance wheel,
- (n) a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
Verbs
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(v) bring into balance or equilibrium
- She has to balance work and her domestic duties
- balance the two weights
- (v) compute credits and debits of an account
- (v) hold or carry in equilibrium poise,
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(v) be in equilibrium
- He was balancing on one foot