balance

n. leveling; equal distribution of weight; stability; statement; scales; rest, remainder

v. make even weight, make equal; be made of even weight, be made equal

For meanings of the word balance, see: General termsBalance in stereophonic soundBalance (accounting)Balance beam, gymnastics apparatusBalance disorder - Medical description of balance and disordered balanceBalance (metaphysics), a desirable point between opposite forcesBalance wheel in a watchBalancing or hard balancing in international relationsEngine balanceTire balanceEquilibrioception, the sense of balance, or spacial equilibrium, in humans and animalshomeostasis: Biological balance or systemic equilibrium within a living organismMedia balance (Media coverage of politics)A weighing scaleGame balance, a concept in game design describing fairness or balance of power in a gameBalance board
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Balance /bal·ance/ 1. an instrument for weighing. 2. equilibrium. acid-base balance a normal balance between production and excretion of acid or [more]Balance - Community and Resources

Noun
1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra
(synonym) Libra
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(classification) astrology, star divination
2. the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
(synonym) Libra, Libra the Balance, Libra the Scales
(hypernym) sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house

Noun
1. a state of equilibrium
(antonym) imbalance, instability, unbalance
(hypernym) equilibrium
(hyponym) tension
2. a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
(hypernym) scale, weighing machine
(hyponym) beam balance
3. equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
(hypernym) equality
(hyponym) trial balance
(part-holonym) account, accounting, account statement
4. 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
(synonym) proportion
(hypernym) placement, arrangement
5. equality of distribution
(synonym) equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance
(hypernym) structure, construction
(hyponym) conformation
6. 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"
(synonym) remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest
(hypernym) part, portion, component part, component
(hyponym) leftover, remnant
7. the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
(hypernym) remainder, difference
(hyponym) balance of trade, trade balance, visible balance, trade gap
8. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
(synonym) symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence
(hypernym) spatial property, spatiality
(hyponym) regularity, geometrical regularity
(classification) mathematics, math, maths
9. an equivalent counterbalancing weight
(synonym) counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalizer, equaliser
(hypernym) weight
(hyponym) sash weight
10. 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
(synonym) balance wheel
(hypernym) wheel
(part-holonym) timepiece, timekeeper
Verb
1. bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
(synonym) equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
(antonym) unbalance
(hypernym) match, fit
(hyponym) complement
(verb-group) poise
2. compute credits and debits of an account
(hypernym) account, calculate
3. hold or carry in equilibrium
(synonym) poise
(hypernym) hold, carry, bear
(verb-group) equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise
4. be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"
(hypernym) be
(verb-group) equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise

n. balance, equal distribution of weight; stability