Definition of balance

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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..

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Poise :: Poise (v.) The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.
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..
Equibalance :: Equibalance (v. t.) To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.
Equilibrate :: Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance..
Halteres :: Halteres (n. pl.) Balancers; the rudimentary hind wings of Diptera.
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..
Counterbalanced :: Counterbalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Counterbalanc.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners..
Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
Logan :: Logan (n.) A rocking or balanced stone.
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..
Balance :: Balance (n.) An apparatus for weighing.
Equilibrity :: Equilibrity (n.) The state of being balanced; equality of weight.
Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise..
Overweigh :: Overweigh (v. t.) To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.
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..
Counterscale :: Counterscale (n.) Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another..
Balance :: Balance (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September..
Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back..
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