Definition of Balance

Noun: balance  ba-lun(t)s

1. A state of equilibrium
    
2. Equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
    
3. 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";
   - proportion, proportionality
    
4. Equality of distribution
   - equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
    
5. Something left after other parts have been taken away
   "he took what he wanted and I got the balance";
   - remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest
    
6. The difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
    
7. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
   - symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence
    
8. A weight that balances another weight
   - counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalizer, equaliser [Brit]
    
9. 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
    
10. A scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

1. Bring into balance or equilibrium
   "balance the two weights"; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties";
   - equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise [Brit]
    
2. Compute credits and debits of an account
    
3. Hold or carry in equilibrium
   - poise
    
4. Be in equilibrium
   "He was balancing on one foot"

1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
   - Libra
    
2. The seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
   - Libra, Libra the Balance, Libra the Scales

See also:
balalaikas
balanced

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