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English to English noun
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a state of equilibrium |  | source: wordnet30
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equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account | | source: wordnet30
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harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) | | Example: in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance
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equality of distribution | | source: wordnet30
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something left after other parts have been taken away | | Example: there was no remainder
he threw away the rest
he took what he wanted and I got the balance
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the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account | | source: wordnet30
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(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra | | source: wordnet30
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the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22 | | source: wordnet30
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(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | | source: wordnet30
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a weight that balances another weight | | source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity | | source: wordnet30
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An apparatus for weighing. | | source: webster1913 verb
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bring into balance or equilibrium | | Example: She has to balance work and her domestic duties
balance the two weights
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compute credits and debits of an account | | source: wordnet30
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hold or carry in equilibrium | | source: wordnet30
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be in equilibrium | | Example: He was balancing on one foot
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To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance. | | source: webster1913
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To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance. | | source: webster1913
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