Definition of balance

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

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Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise..
Close :: Close (v. t.) Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote..
Trip :: Trip (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
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..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance..
Balanced :: Balanced (imp. & p. p.) of Balanc.
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..
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)..
Offset :: Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another..
Auditor :: Auditor (a.) A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance..
Balance :: Balance (n.) 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..
Poise :: Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..
Trim :: Trim (v. i.) To balance; to fluctuate between parties, so as to appear to favor each..
Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds..
Equilibrity :: Equilibrity (n.) The state of being balanced; equality of weight.
Beam :: Beam (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.
Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.
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