balance (
http://definr.com/balance)
n 1: a state of equilibrium [ant:
imbalance]
2: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
3: an amount on the credit side 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: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape; exact correspondence
of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
[syn:
symmetry,
symmetricalness,
correspondence]
[ant:
asymmetry]
7: an equivalent counterbalancing weight [syn:
counterweight,
counterbalance,
counterpoise,
equalizer,
equaliser]
v 1: bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work
and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
[syn:
equilibrate,
equilibrize] [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"