Definition of balance

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

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Poise :: Poise (n.) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.
Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Balance :: Balance (n.) 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..
Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.
Offset :: Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another..
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel.
Poise :: Poise (n.) To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh..
Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance..
Auncel :: Auncel (n.) A rude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England..
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind..
Poiser :: Poiser (n.) The balancer of dipterous insects.
Equibalanced :: Equibalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Equibalanc.
Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance)..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses..
Balanced :: Balanced (imp. & p. p.) of Balanc.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them..
Poise :: Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..
Overpoise :: Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.
Scale :: Scale (n.) The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively..
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