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Noun
Definition: a state of equilibrium
Definition: equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
Definition: 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
Definition: 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"
Definition: the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
Definition: the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
Definition: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Definition: a weight that balances another weight
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
Definition: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
Definition: A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
Verb
Definition: bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
Definition: compute credits and debits of an account
Definition: be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"
Definition: To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.