Definition of balance

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

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Level :: Level (a.) Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.].
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance..
Overpoise :: Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.
Equipondious :: Equipondious (a.) Of equal weight on both sides; balanced.
Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house..
Drosometer :: Drosometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate..
Balance :: Balance (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S..
Poise :: Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..
Equibalance :: Equibalance (v. t.) To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.
Balance :: Balance (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise..
Lift :: Lift (n.) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
Cock :: Cock (n.) The indicator of a balance.
Poise :: Poise (v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
Overbalance :: Overbalance (v. t.) To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
Cock :: Cock (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
Rest :: Rest (n.) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities..
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