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Definition of 'balance'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) balance
a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc.

2.  balance
something used to produce equilibrium; counterpoise.

3.  balance
the ability to maintain bodily equilibrium.

4.  balance
mental or emotional steadiness.

5.  balance
an instrument for determining weight, typically by the equilibrium of a bar, from each end of which is suspended a scale or pan.

6.  balance
the remainder or rest.

7.  balance
the power or ability to decide an outcome.

8.  balance
equality between the totals of the two sides of an account.

9.  balance
the difference between the debit total and the credit total of an account.

10.  balance
unpaid difference represented by the excess of debits over credits.

11.  balance
preponderant weight:
The balance of the blame is on your side.

12.  balance
the harmonious integration of components in an artistic work.

13.  balance
a wheel that oscillates against the tension of a hairspring to regulate the beats of a watch or clock.

14.  balance
(cap.)

15.  balance
(in a stereophonic sound system) the comparative loudness of two speakers.

16. (v.t.) balance
to bring to or hold in equilibrium; poise:
to balance a book on one's head.

17.  balance
to arrange or adjust the parts of symmetrically.

18.  balance
to be equal or proportionate to.

19.  balance
to add up the two sides of (an account) and determine the difference.

20.  balance
to weighin a balance.

21.  balance
to estimate the relative weight or importance of.

22.  balance
to serve as a counterpoise to.

23. (v.i.) balance
to have an equality or equivalence; be in equilibrium.

24.  balance
to be in a state wherein debits equal credits.

Definition of 'balance'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) balance
a state of equilibrium

2. (noun) balance
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

3. (noun) proportion, proportionality, balance
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"- John Ruskin

4. (noun) balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
equality of distribution

5. (noun) remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
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"

6. (noun) balance
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

7. (noun) Libra, Balance
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra

8. (noun) Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales
the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

9. (noun) symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

10. (noun) counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser
a weight that balances another weight

11. (noun) balance wheel, 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

12. (verb) balance
a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

13. (verb) balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
bring into balance or equilibrium
"She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

14. (verb) balance
compute credits and debits of an account

15. (verb) poise, balance
hold or carry in equilibrium

16. (verb) balance
be in equilibrium
"He was balancing on one foot"

Definition of 'balance'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) balance
the ability to remain steady
a good sense of balance; to lose/keep your balance

2.  balance
off balance
not steady
The blow knocked me off balance.

3.  balance
when there is equality between things
a healthy balance of different foods

4.  balance
strike a balance
to find an equal relationship
Try to strike a balance between work and play.

5.  balance
money in a bank account
Check your account balance.

6.  balance
on balance
thinking about everything
On balance, I think it was right to ask him to leave.

7. (verb) balance
to keep steady
a squirrel balancing on the wire; to balance a book on your head

8.  balance
to maintain equality between things
How do we balance the needs of modern living with nature.

9.  balance
balance the books
to compare amounts going out and coming into a bank account

10.  balance
to counteract the strength of one thing with sth else; = offset
Carbon dioxide emissions were balanced out by planting new trees.

Definition of 'balance'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) balance
an apparatus for weighing

2. (noun) balance
act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate

3. (noun) balance
equipoise between the weights in opposite scales

4. (noun) balance
the state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness

5. (noun) balance
an equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account

6. (noun) balance
a balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary)

7. (noun) balance
the constellation Libra

8. (noun) balance
the seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September

9. (noun) balance
a movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S

10. (noun) balance
to bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance

11. (noun) balance
to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope

12. (noun) balance
to equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize

13. (noun) balance
to compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate

14. (noun) balance
to settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them

15. (noun) balance
to make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account

16. (noun) balance
to arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books

17. (noun) balance
to move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners

18. (noun) balance
to contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail

19. (verb) balance
to have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance

20. (verb) balance
to fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate

21. (verb) balance
to move toward a person or couple, and then back

Definition of 'balance'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. balance
(a) Wheatstone's Bridge, q. v., is sometimes termed the Electric Balance.

(b) A suspension or torsion balance is one which includes a filament or pair of filaments to whose lower end or ends are attached a horizontal indicator often called a needle, or a magnetic needle. (See Torsion Balance.)

(c) See Induction Balance, Hughes'.

(d) For Thermic Balance, see Bolometer.

(e) See Balance, Ampere.

Translation of 'balance'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a weighing instrument.
Afrikaans: skaal	Arabic: ميزان	Bulgarian: везни
Brazilian: balança	Czech: váha, váhy	German: die Waage
Danish: vægtskål; vægt	Greek: ζυγαριά	Spanish: balanza
Estonian: kaalud	Farsi: ترازو	Finnish: vaaka
French: balance	Hebrew: מאֹזנַיים	Hindi: तराजू
Croatian: vaga	Hungarian: mérleg	Indonesian: timbangan, keseimbangan
Icelandic: vog	Italian: bilancia	Japanese: 天秤
Korean: 저울	Lithuanian: svarstyklės	Latvian: svari
Malay: penimbang	Dutch: balans	Norwegian: skålvekt
Polish: waga	Persian: ترازو	Pashto: تله
Portuguese: balança	Romanian: balanţă	Russian: весы
Slovak: váhy	Slovenian: tehtnica	Serbian: vaga
Swedish: våg, vågskål	Thai: ตาชั่ง	Turkish: terazi
Taiwanese: 天平，秤	Ukrainian: терези	Urdu: ، میزان، ترازو
Vietnamese: cái cân	Chinese: 天平
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