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balance - Dictionary definition and meaning for balance

BALANCE

  • (noun) a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

  • (noun) 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

    synonyms : balance wheel

  • (noun) a weight that balances another weight

    synonyms : counterbalance , counterpoise , counterweight , equaliser , equalizer

  • (noun) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

    synonyms : correspondence , symmetricalness , symmetry

  • (noun) 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"

    synonyms : proportion , proportionality

  • (noun) the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

    synonyms : libra , libra the balance , libra the scales

  • (noun) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra

    synonyms : libra

  • (noun) equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

  • (noun) the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

  • (noun) 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"

    synonyms : remainder , residual , residue , residuum , rest

  • (noun) equality of distribution

    synonyms : counterbalance , equilibrium , equipoise

  • (noun) a state of equilibrium

  • (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium

    synonyms : poise

    She poised the dishes one on top of another. -added by naila_inlas

  • (verb) compute credits and debits of an account

  • (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium

    "She has to balance work and her domestic duties", "balance the two weights"

    synonyms : equilibrate , equilibrise , equilibrize

  • (verb) be in equilibrium

    "He was balancing on one foot"

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


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