balance

n. leveling; weighing device, scale; equal distribution of weight; state of equilibrium, condition of bodily equilibrium, ability to keep bodily equilibrium; stability; statement, means to decide; difference in extent between opposing forces ; scales; rest, something that is left over, remainder, something which remains; (Accounting) equality of totals in the debit and credit sides of an account

v. make even weight, make equal; be made of even weight, be made equal

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Noun
1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra
(synonym) Libra
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(classification) astrology, star divination
2. the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
(synonym) Libra, Libra the Balance, Libra the Scales
(hypernym) sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house

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Noun
1. a state of equilibrium
(antonym) imbalance, instability, unbalance
(hypernym) equilibrium
(hyponym) tension
2. a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
(hypernym) scale, weighing machine
(hyponym) beam balance
3. equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
(hypernym) equality
(hyponym) trial balance
(part-holonym) account, accounting, account statement
4. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
(synonym) proportion
(hypernym) placement, arrangement
5. equality of distribution
(synonym) equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
(hypernym) structure, construction
(hyponym) conformation
6. something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
(synonym) remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest
(hypernym) part, portion, component part, component
(hyponym) leftover, remnant
7. the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
(hypernym) remainder, difference
(hyponym) balance of trade, trade balance, visible balance, trade gap
8. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
(synonym) symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence
(hypernym) spatial property, spatiality
(hyponym) regularity, geometrical regularity
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
9. an equivalent counterbalancing weight
(synonym) counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalizer, equaliser
(hypernym) weight
(hyponym) sash weight
10. 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
(synonym) balance wheel
(hypernym) wheel
(part-holonym) timepiece, timekeeper

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Verb
1. bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
(synonym) equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
(antonym) unbalance
(hypernym) match, fit
(hyponym) complement
(verb-group) poise
2. compute credits and debits of an account
(hypernym) account, calculate
3. hold or carry in equilibrium
(synonym) poise
(hypernym) hold, carry, bear
(verb-group) equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
4. be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"
(hypernym) be
(verb-group) equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise

nf. balance, equal distribution of weight; stability

nf. balance; comparison; scales; indecision

adj. balanced, stable

v. swing, rock, balance; countervail, set off; square; hurl; bung