Definition of balance

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

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Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not adjusted; not settled; not brought to an equality of debt and credit; as, an unbalanced account; unbalanced books..
Overbalance :: Overbalance (v. t.) To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.
Logan :: Logan (n.) A rocking or balanced stone.
Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold..
Equibalance :: Equibalance (v. t.) To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.
Square :: Square (a.) Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square..
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam..
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..
Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books..
Poise :: Poise (v.) The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed..
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..
Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied..
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another.
Poise :: Poise (n.) To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance..
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..
Balancer :: Balancer (n.) One who balances, or uses a balance..
Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down..
Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.
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