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balance
('b/&/l/@/ns )

noun (n)

  • a state of equilibrium(noun.state)
    Antonym:
    imbalance, instability, unbalance
    source: wordnet30
  • equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account(noun.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    In all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance.
    Synonym:
    proportion, proportionality
    source: wordnet30
  • equality of distribution(noun.shape)
    Synonym:
    counterbalance, equilibrium, equipoise
    source: wordnet30
  • something left after other parts have been taken away(noun.linkdef)
    Example:
    He took what he wanted and I got the balance.
    Synonym:
    remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest
    source: wordnet30
  • the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account(noun.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    libra
    source: wordnet30
  • the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    libra, libra the balance, libra the scales
    source: wordnet30
  • (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    correspondence, symmetricalness, symmetry
    Antonym:
    asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance
    source: wordnet30
  • a weight that balances another weight(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer
    source: wordnet30
  • 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(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    balance wheel
    source: wordnet30
  • a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • An apparatus for weighing.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • bring into balance or equilibrium(verb.stative)
    Example:
    She has to balance work and her domestic duties.
    Balance the two weights.
    Synonym:
    equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize
    Antonym:
    unbalance
    source: wordnet30
  • compute credits and debits of an account(verb.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • hold or carry in equilibrium(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    poise
    source: wordnet30
  • be in equilibrium(verb.stative)
    source: wordnet30
  • To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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