balance (noun)
1: a state of equilibrium [ant: imbalance]
2: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
3: equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
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 [syn: proportion]
5: equality of distribution [syn: equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance]
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" [syn: remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest]
7: the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
8: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra [syn: Libra, Balance]
9: the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22 [syn: Libra, [[Libra the Balance]], Balance, Libra the Scales]
10: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane [syn: symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence] [ant: asymmetry]
11: an equivalent counterbalancing weight [syn: counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalizer, equaliser]
12: 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 [syn: balance wheel]
balance
(verb)
1: bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" [syn: equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise] [ant: unbalance]
2: compute credits and debits of an account
3: hold or carry in equilibrium [syn: poise]
4: be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"