Main entry: balance
Definition: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
Main entry: balance, balance wheel
Definition: a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
Main entry: counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer, balance
Definition: a weight that balances another weight
Main entry: symmetricalness, symmetry, correspondence, balance
Definition: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Main entry: balance, proportion, proportionality
Definition: harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
Usage: in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance- John Ruskin
Main entry: Libra, Libra the Balance, Libra the Scales, Balance
Definition: the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
Definition: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
Main entry: balance
Definition: equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
Main entry: balance
Definition: the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
Main entry: balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest, remainder
Definition: something left after other parts have been taken away
Usage: there was no remainder; he threw away the rest; he took what he wanted and I got the balance
Main entry: balance, counterbalance, equilibrium, equipoise
Definition: equality of distribution
Main entry: balance
Definition: a state of equilibrium
Definition: hold or carry in equilibrium
Main entry: balance
Definition: compute credits and debits of an account
Main entry: balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize
Definition: bring into balance or equilibrium
Usage: She has to balance work and her domestic duties; balance the two weights
Main entry: balance
Definition: be in equilibrium
Usage: He was balancing on one foot