Balance (n.) An apparatus for weighing. |
Balance (n.) Act of weighing mentally |
Balance (n.) Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales. |
Balance (n.) The state of being in equipoise |
Balance (n.) An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account |
Balance (n.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary). |
Balance (n.) The constellation Libra. |
Balance (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September. |
Balance (n.) A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S. |
Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights |
Balance (n.) To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling |
Balance (n.) To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion |
Balance (n.) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc. |
Balance (n.) To settle and adjust, as an account |
Balance (n.) To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal |
Balance (n.) To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits |
Balance (n.) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally |
Balance (n.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass |
Balance (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side |
Balance (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force |
Balance (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back. |
Balance wheel () A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock |
Balance wheel () A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance). |
Balance wheel () A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine |
Sheet (v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc. |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon |
Sheet (v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet |
Sheet (v. t.) the book itself. |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance |
Sheet (v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like. |
Sheet (v. t.) A sail. |
Sheet (v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. |
Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind |
Sheet (v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers |
Sheet (v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets |
Sheet (v. t.) To expand, as a sheet. |
Sheet anchor (v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel |
Sheet anchor (v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger |
Sheet cable () The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. |
Sheet chain () A chain sheet cable. |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
analytical balance chemical balance | a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis |
balance | a scale for weighing, depends on pull of gravity |
balance beam beam | a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts |
balance wheel balance | 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 |
beam balance | a balance consisting of a lever with two equal arms and a pan suspended from each arm |
cookie sheet baking tray | a cooking utensil consisting of a flat rectangular metal sheet used for baking cookies or biscuits |
counterweight counterbalance counterpoise balance equalizer equaliser | a weight that balances another weight |
dust cover dust sheet | a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period |
electronic balance | a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan |
fitted sheet contour sheet | a sheet (usually with elastic edges) tailored to fit a particular mattress |
pall shroud cerement winding-sheet windinglothes | burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped |
plate glass sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
sail canvas canvass sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |
sheet bed sheet | bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth, used in pairs |
sheet tack mainsheet weather sheet shroud | (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind |
sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
sheet anchor waist anchor | spare anchor for use in emergency |
sheet bend becket bend weaver's knot weaver's hitch | a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) |
sheet iron | plate iron thinner than tank iron |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
sheet pile sheath pile sheet piling | a pile in a row of piles driven side by side to retain earth or prevent seepage |
sheet web | an irregular spider web woven in a single plane and looking like flattened hammocks |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
tent-fly rainfly fly sheet fly tent flap | flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent |
torsion balance | measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire |
symmetry symmetricalness correspondence balance | (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation, exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane |
proportion proportionality balance | 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 |
equilibrium labyrinthine sense vestibular sense sense of balance sense of equilibrium | a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head |
sheet piece of paper sheet of paper | paper used for writing or printing |
tear sheet | a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication |
style sheet | a sheet summarizing the editorial conventions to be followed in preparing text for publication |
tabloid rag sheet | newspaper with half-size pages |
blotter day book police blotter rap sheet charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
flow chart flowchart flow diagram flow sheet | a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system |
tip sheet | a publication containing the latest information or tips or predictions for a particular business or stock market information or horse racing results, etc. |
dope sheet scratch sheet | a racing publication giving information on horses and the outcomes of horse races |
lead sheet | a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form |
sheet music | a musical composition in printed or written form, she turned the pages of the music as he played |
test paper examination paper exam paper question sheet | a written examination |
sheet lighting | lightning that appears as a broad sheet, due to reflections of more distant lightning and to diffusion by the clouds |
Libra Libra the Balance Balance Libra the Scales | the seventh sign of the zodiac, the sun is in this sign from about September to October |
sheet | any broad thin expanse or surface, a sheet of ice |
Libra Balance | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra |
balance sheet | a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets |
balance | equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account |
balance | the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account |
balance of trade trade balance visible balance trade gap | the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise, a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports |
compensating balance offsetting balance | a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan, a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank, the compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is reduced but the interest paid is unchanged |