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Equibalance :: Equibalance (n.) Equal weight; equiponderance.

Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically..

Steem :: Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards..

Halteres :: Halteres (n. pl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.

Overbalance :: Overbalance (v. t.) To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.

Launce :: Launce (n.) A balance.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The constellation Libra.

Giddy :: Giddy (superl.) Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy..

Equal :: Equal (a.) Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.

Poise :: Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance..

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..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended..

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..

Lopsided :: Lopsided (a.) Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.

Balance :: Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance..

Offset :: Offset (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another..

Balance :: Balance (n.) An apparatus for weighing.

Balancer :: Balancer (n.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing..

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.

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