Definition of balance

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Balance (n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account..

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Equal :: Equal (a.) Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.
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.
Halteres :: Halteres (n. pl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
Balance :: Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.
Overbalance :: Overbalance (v. t.) To exceed equality with; to outweigh.
Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (v. t.) To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Fin :: Fin (n.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water..
Beam :: Beam (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended..
Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
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..
Balance :: Balance (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S..
Trebucket :: Trebucket (n.) A kind of balance for weighing.
Level :: Level (a.) Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.].
Counterweigh :: Counterweigh (v. t.) To weigh against; to counterbalance.
Counterbalanced :: Counterbalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Counterbalanc.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners..
Preponderate :: Preponderate (v. t.) To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind..
Cock :: Cock (n.) The indicator of a balance.
Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance)..
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