- balance - a state of equilibrium
--1 is a kind of equilibrium
Antonyms: imbalance, instability, unbalance
--1 has particulars: tension; electrolyte balance; nitrogen balanceDerived forms: verb balance4, verb balance1, verb balance3 - balance - a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
--2 is a kind of scale, weighing machine
--2 has particulars:beam balance; electronic balance; microbalance; spring balance, spring scale; steelyard, lever scale, beam scale - balance - equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
--3 is a kind of equality
--3 is a part of account, accounting, account statement
--3 has particulars: trial balanceDerived form: verb balance2 - proportion, balance - 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
--4 is a kind of placement, arrangement
- balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance - equality of distribution
--5 is a kind of structure, construction
--5 has particulars: conformation; symmetry, proportion- remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest - 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"
--6 is a kind of part, portion, component part, component
--6 has particulars: leftover, remnant- balance - the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
--7 is a kind of remainder, difference
--7 has particulars:balance of trade, trade balance, visible balance, trade gap; carry-over, carry-forward; compensating balance, offsetting balance; invisible balance - Libra, Balance - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra
--8 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
- Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales - the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
--9 is a kind of sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
- symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance - (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
--10 is a kind of spatial property, spatiality
--10 has particulars:regularity, geometrical regularity; bilaterality, bilateralism, bilateral symmetry; radial symmetry - counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser - an equivalent counterbalancing weight
--11 is a kind of weight
--11 has particulars: sash weight; tare- balance wheel, balance - 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
--12 is a kind of wheel
--12 is a part of timepiece, timekeeper - balance - equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise - bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
--1 is one way to match, fit
Antonyms: unbalance
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun balance1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- balance - compute credits and debits of an account
--2 is one way to account, calculate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun balance3
Somebody ----s something
- poise, balance - hold or carry in equilibrium
--3 is one way to hold, carry, bear
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun balance1, noun balancer2, noun balancer1
Somebody ----s something
- balance - be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"
--4 is one way to be
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun balance1, noun balancer2, noun balancer1
The children balance in the rocking chair
There balance some children in the rocking chair