Definition of balance

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Balance (n.) Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.

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Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.
Overweigh :: Overweigh (v. t.) To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.
Balance :: Balance (n.) The constellation Libra.
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise..
Poise :: Poise (n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
Square :: Square (a.) Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square..
Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.
Poise :: Poise (v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt..
Balance :: Balance (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September..
Escapement :: Escapement (n.) The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.
Rest :: Rest (n.) The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
Equibalanced :: Equibalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Equibalanc.
Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling..
Equipoise :: Equipoise (n.) Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces..
Apoise :: Apoise (adv.) Balanced.
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another.
Weighty :: Weighty (superl.) Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail..
Balance :: Balance (n.) 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..
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