Balance - Definition

n 1: a state of equilibrium [ant: imbalance, instability,
unbalance]
2: equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of
an account
3: 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 [syn: proportion,
proportionality, balance]
4: equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium,
equipoise, counterbalance]
5: 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" [syn: remainder, balance,
residual, residue, residuum, rest]
6: the difference between the totals of the credit and debit
sides of an account
7: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
[syn: Libra, Balance]
8: the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about September 23 to October 22 [syn: Libra, Libra the
Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales]
9: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact
reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or
plane [syn: symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence,
balance] [ant: asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance]
10: a weight that balances another weight [syn: counterweight,
counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer,
equaliser]
11: 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 [syn: balance wheel,
balance]
12: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
v 1: bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work
and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" [syn:
balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise]
[ant: unbalance]
2: compute credits and debits of an account
3: hold or carry in equilibrium [syn: poise, balance]
4: be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"