Definition of balance

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Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail..

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Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice..
Overbalance :: Overbalance (n.) Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent; as, an overbalance of exports..
Overpoise :: Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.
Bifilar :: Bifilar (a.) Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance..
Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back..
Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically..
Trip :: Trip (n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble..
Equivalence :: Equivalence (v. t.) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
Balance :: 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..
Balance :: Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance..
Square :: Square (n.) To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts..
Counterbalanced :: Counterbalanced (imp. & p. p.) of Counterbalanc.
Overpoise :: Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.
Balance :: Balance (n.) The constellation Libra.
Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight..
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..
Scalebeam :: Scalebeam (n.) The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied..
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..
Libratory :: Libratory (a.) Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level..
Logan :: Logan (n.) A rocking or balanced stone.
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