| Sounds | bae'lahns | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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