Sounds | bae'lahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | A state of equilibrium. | |
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Narrower | electrolyte balance | An equilibrium between the amounts of electrolytes (as calcium and sodium and potassium) that is essential for normal health and functioning |
nitrogen balance | The balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted) | |
tension | A balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature) | |
Broader | equilibrium | A stable situation in which forces cancel one another |
Opposite | imbalance, instability, unbalance | A lack of balance or state of disequilibrium |
Spanish | balance, equilibrio | |
Catalan | equilibri, saldo | |
Verbs | balance | hold or carry in equilibrium |
balance | bring into balance or equilibrium | |
balance | be in equilibrium |
Meaning | equality between the totals / totals of the credit and debit sides of an account. | |
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Part of | account, accounting, account statement | A statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance |
Narrower | trial balance | A balance of debits and credits in double-entry bookkeeping |
Broader | equality | The quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status |
Verbs | balance | compute credits and debits of an account |
Meaning | harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design). | |
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Example | "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin | |
Synonyms | proportion, proportionality | |
Broader | placement, arrangement | The spatial property of the way in which something is placed |
Spanish | equilibrio, proporción | |
Catalan | equilibri, proporció |
Meaning | equality of distribution. | |
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Synonyms | equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance | |
Narrower | conformation | A symmetrical arrangement of the parts of a thing |
symmetry, proportion | balance among the parts of something | |
Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
Spanish | contrapeso, equilibrio | |
Catalan | contrapès, equilibri |
Meaning | Something left after other parts have been taken away. | |
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Example | "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" | |
Synonyms | remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest | |
Narrower | leftover, remnant | A small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists |
Broader | part, portion, component part, component, constituent | Something determined in relation to something that includes it |
Spanish | remanente, residuo, restante, resto, sobra | |
Catalan | residu, resta, restant, romanalla, romanent |
Meaning | The difference between the totals / totals of the credit and debit sides of an account. | |
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Narrower | balance of trade, trade balance, visible balance, trade gap | The difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise |
carry-over, carry-forward | The accumulated and undivided profits / profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves | |
compensating balance, offsetting balance | A minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan | |
invisible balance | The difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of services and payments of property incomes | |
Broader | remainder, difference | The number that remains after subtraction |
Spanish | saldo |
Meaning | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra. | |
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Synonym | Libra | |
Category | astrology, star divination | A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Catalan | Libra |
Meaning | The seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22. | |
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Synonyms | Libra, Libra the Balance, Libra the Scales | |
Instance of | sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house | (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
Spanish | balanza, Libra | |
Catalan | Balança, balança |
Meaning | (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane. | |
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Synonyms | symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence | |
Category | mathematics, math, maths | A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement |
Narrower | bilaterality, bilateralism, bilateral symmetry | The property of being symmetrical about a vertical plane |
radial symmetry | The property of symmetry about an axis | |
regularity, geometrical regularity | A property of polygons | |
Broader | spatial property, spatiality | Any property relating to or occupying space |
Opposite | asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance | (mathematics) a lack of symmetry / symmetry |
Spanish | simetría | |
Catalan | simetria |
Meaning | A weight that balances another weight. | |
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Synonyms | counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalizer, equaliser | |
Narrower | sash weight | A counterweight for a sliding sash |
tare | (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis | |
Broader | weight | An artifact that is heavy |
Spanish | balance, contrapeso, ecualizador | |
Catalan | contrapès |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonym | balance wheel | |
Part of | timepiece, timekeeper, horologe | A measuring ... / measuring instrument or device for keeping time |
Broader | wheel | A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) |
Spanish | volante | |
Catalan | volant regulador |
Meaning | A scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity. | |
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Narrower | beam balance | A balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm |
electronic balance | A balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan | |
microbalance | balance for weighing very small objects | |
spring balance, spring scale | A balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring | |
steelyard, lever scale, beam scale | A portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length | |
Broader | scale, weighing machine | A measuring instrument for weighing |
Spanish | balanza, escala | |
Catalan | balança |
Meaning | Bring into balance or equilibrium. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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Synonyms | equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise | |
Narrower | cancel, offset, set off | Make up for |
compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, even out, even off, even up | Adjust for | |
complement | make complete or perfect | |
offset, countervail | compensate for or counterbalance / counterbalance | |
trim | balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces | |
Broader | match, fit | make correspond or harmonize |
Opposite | unbalance | Throw out of balance or equilibrium |
Similar to | balance | Be in equilibrium |
poise, balance | hold or carry in equilibrium | |
Spanish | equilibrar, nivelar | |
Catalan | anivellar, compensar, equilibrar | |
Nouns | balance | a state of equilibrium |
Meaning | compute credits and debits of an account. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | account, calculate | Keep an account of |
Spanish | arquear, cuadrar, hacer arqueo, hacer balance, saldar | |
Nouns | balance | equality between the totals / totals of the credit and debit sides of an account |
Meaning | hold or carry in equilibrium. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | poise | |
Caused by | poise | Cause to be balanced or suspended |
Narrower | juggle | Hold with difficulty and balance insecurely |
Broader | hold, carry, bear | support or hold in a certain manner |
Similar to | balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise | Bring into balance or equilibrium |
Spanish | balancear, equilibrar, nivelar | |
Catalan | anivellar-se, anivellar, compensar-se, equilibrar-se, sospesar | |
Nouns | balance | a state of equilibrium |
balancer | either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects | |
balancer | an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions |
Meaning | Be in equilibrium. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Model | The children balance in the rocking chair; There balance some children in the rocking chair | |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Similar to | balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise | Bring into balance or equilibrium |
Spanish | equilibrar | |
Catalan | equilibrar | |
Nouns | balance | a state of equilibrium |
balancer | either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects | |
balancer | an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions |
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