Balance

noun
'bæləns

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

    Similar:ProportionProportionality
    Type of:PlacementArrangement
  • something left after other parts have been taken away

    he took what he wanted and I got the balance

    Type of:ComponentPortionPart
  • 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

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

    Similar:CorrespondenceSymmetricalnessSymmetry
    Type of:Spatiality
  • a weight that balances another weight

    Similar:CounterbalanceCounterpoiseCounterweightEqualiserEqualizer
    Type of:Weight
  • equality of distribution

    Type of:StructureConstruction
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra

    Similar:Libra
    Type of:SomebodyIndividualMortal
  • the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

    Similar:Libra
  • a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

    Type of:Scale
  • a state of equilibrium

    Type of:Equilibrium
  • equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

    Type of:Equality
  • the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

    Type of:DifferenceRemainder

Verb

  • bring into balance or equilibrium

    She has to balance work and her domestic duties

    balance the two weights

    Similar:EquilibrateEquilibriseEquilibrize
    Type of:FitMatch
  • hold or carry in equilibrium

    Similar:Poise
    Type of:CarryHoldBear
  • be in equilibrium

    Type of:Be
  • compute credits and debits of an account

    Type of:CalculateAccount

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