Definition of balance

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Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them..

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Cockhead :: Cockhead (n.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced..
Equilibrity :: Equilibrity (n.) The state of being balanced; equality of weight.
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..
Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.
Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house..
Equibalance :: Equibalance (v. t.) To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another.
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..
Libratory :: Libratory (a.) Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level..
Li Bella :: Li bella (n.) A small balance.
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..
Counterbalance :: Counterbalance (n.) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam..
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..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. t.) To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance.
Balance :: Balance (n.) An apparatus for weighing.
Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body..
Lopsided :: Lopsided (a.) Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies.
Chronometer :: Chronometer (n.) A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc..
Equilibrate :: Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise..
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced..
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