balance [ 'bæləns ]

• n.
  • a state of equilibrium
  • a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
  • equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
  • 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"

    同义词： proportion proportionality

  • equality of distribution

    同义词： equilibrium equipoise counterbalance

  • something left after other parts have been taken away

    "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

    同义词： remainder residual residue residuum rest

  • the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra

    同义词： Libra

  • the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

    同义词： Libra Libra the Balance Libra the Scales

  • (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

    同义词： symmetry symmetricalness correspondence

  • a weight that balances another weight

    同义词： counterweight counterbalance counterpoise equalizer equaliser

  • 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

    同义词： balance wheel

• v.
  • bring into balance or equilibrium

    "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

    同义词： equilibrate equilibrize equilibrise

  • compute credits and debits of an account
  • hold or carry in equilibrium

    同义词： poise

  • be in equilibrium

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