Definition of balance

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Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance..

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Equipondious :: Equipondious (a.) Of equal weight on both sides; balanced.
Square :: Square (a.) Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square..
Weigh :: Weigh (v. i.) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
Preponderate :: Preponderate (v. i.) To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated..
Change :: Change (v. t.) Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due..
Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling..
Overweigh :: Overweigh (v. t.) To exceed in weight; to overbalance; to weigh down.
Balance :: Balance (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S..
Rest :: Rest (n.) The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
Unpoised :: Unpoised (a.) Not poised or balanced.
Sensibility :: Sensibility (n.) That quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer..
Balance Wheel :: Balance wheel () A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.
Preponderate :: Preponderate (v. t.) To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.
Librate :: Librate (v. i.) To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised..
Weal-balanced :: Weal-balanced (a.) Balanced or considered with reference to public weal.
Launce :: Launce (n.) A balance.
Balance :: Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope..
Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Being, or being thrown, out of equilibrium; hence, disordered or deranged in sense; unsteady; unsound; as, an unbalanced mind..
Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down..
Poiser :: Poiser (n.) The balancer of dipterous insects.
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