balance

Meanings

• a state of equilibrium
• equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
• harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); - John Ruskin
• "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"
• equality of distribution
• something left after other parts have been taken away;
• "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
• the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
• the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
• (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
• a weight that balances another weight
• 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
• a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
• bring into balance or equilibrium;
• "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"
• "balance the two weights"
• compute credits and debits of an account
• hold or carry in equilibrium
• be in equilibrium;
• BALANCE v -ANCED, -ANCING, -ANCES to weigh

Synonyms

• proportion
• proportionality
• equilibrium
• equipoise
• counterbalance
• remainder
• residual
• residue
• residuum
• rest
• Libra
• Balance
• Libra the Balance
• Libra the Scales
• symmetry
• symmetricalness
• correspondence
• counterweight
• counterpoise
• equalizer
• equaliser
• balance wheel
• equilibrate
• equilibrize
• equilibrise
• poise

Scrabble Score: 11

balance is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

balance is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

balance is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

balance is a valid Words With Friends word

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