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Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal power; to balance.

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..

Countervote :: Countervote (v. t.) To vote in opposition to; to balance or overcome by voting; to outvote.

Libration :: Libration (n.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest..

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..

Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

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

Balancer :: Balancer (n.) One who balances, or uses a balance..

Balanceable :: Balanceable (a.) Such as can be balanced.

Square :: Square (n.) To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts..

Hammerhead :: Hammerhead (n.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zygaena, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna zygaena is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish..

Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological 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..

Even :: Even (v. t.) To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits..

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

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

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

Librate :: Librate (v. t.) To poise; to balance.

Trip :: Trip (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.

Unequal :: Unequal (a.) Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair..

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