Definition of balance

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Balance (n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate..

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Teeter :: Teeter (v. i. & t.) To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter..
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 wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.
Libration :: Libration (n.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest..
Bolometer :: Bolometer (n.) An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinic balance, thermic balance..
Li Bella :: Li bella (n.) A small balance.
Preponderate :: Preponderate (v. i.) To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners..
Emblem :: Emblem (n.) A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity..
Balancer :: Balancer (n.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing..
Drosometer :: Drosometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew..
Balanceable :: Balanceable (a.) Such as can be balanced.
Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling..
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..
Outbalance :: Outbalance (v. t.) To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.
Balance :: Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.
Air :: Air (n.) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria..
Equiponderate :: Equiponderate (v. t.) To make equal in weight; to counterbalance.
Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.
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