Balance
nounNoun
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”
Type of:PlacementArrangementsomething left after other parts have been taken away
“he took what he wanted and I got the balance”
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
Type of:Spatialitya weight that balances another weight
Type of:Weightequality of distribution
Type of:StructureConstruction(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
Similar:LibraType of:SomebodyIndividualMortalthe seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
Similar:Libraa scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
Type of:Scalea state of equilibrium
Type of:Equilibriumequality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
Type of:Equalitythe difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
Verb
bring into balance or equilibrium
“She has to balance work and her domestic duties”
“balance the two weights”
Similar:EquilibrateEquilibriseEquilibrizeType of:FitMatchhold or carry in equilibrium
Similar:PoiseType of:CarryHoldBearbe in equilibrium
Type of:Becompute credits and debits of an account
Type of:CalculateAccount
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Similar Words
- Correspondence
- Symmetricalness
- Symmetry
- Libra
- Proportion
- Proportionality
- Counterbalance
- Counterpoise
- Counterweight
- Equaliser
- Equalizer
- Equilibrium
- Equipoise
- Remainder
- Residual