active air defense | air defense by the use aircraft or missiles or artillery or electronic countermeasures |
active matrix screen | a type of LCD screen used for some portable computers, there is a separate circuit for each pixel |
active placebo | a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects, an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug |
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 |
counterweight counterbalance counterpoise balance equalizer equaliser | a weight that balances another weight |
drug cocktail highly active antiretroviral therapy HAART | a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors, used in treating AIDS and HIV |
electronic balance | a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
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 |
active application | an application that is currently running and in the foreground |
active site | the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs |
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 |
Libra Balance | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra |
active | a person who is a participating member of an organization, the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees |
active citizen | a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch) |
active trust | a trust in which the trustee must perform certain duties |
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 |
invisible balance | the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of services and payments of property incomes |
balance of payments balance of international payments | a system of recording all of a country's economic transactions with the rest of the world over a period of one year, a favorable balance of payments exists when more payments are coming in than going out |
trial balance | a balance of debits and credits in double-entry bookkeeping, drawn up to test their equality |
acid-base equilibrium acid-base balance | (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body, with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline |
active birth | childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant |
active transport | transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient, requires an expenditure of energy |
active voice active | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb, `The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice |
remainder balance residual residue residuum rest | 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 |
balance equilibrium equipoise counterbalance | equality of distribution |
balance | a state of equilibrium |
balance of power | an equilibrium of power between nations |
dynamic balance | (aeronautics) the state of equilibrium in which centrifugal forces due to a rotating mass (e.g., a propeller) do not produce force in the shaft and so vibration is reduced |
electrolyte balance | an equilibrium between the amounts of electrolytes (as calcium and sodium and potassium) that is essential for normal health and functioning |
nitrogen balance | the balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted) |
mental soundness mental balance | the healthy psychological state of someone with good judgment |
balance-of-payments problem | an economic problem caused by payments for imports being greater than receipts for exports |
active immunity | a form of acquired immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against diseaseausing antigens |
active agent active | chemical agent capable of activity |
wetting agent wetter surfactant surface-active agent | a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved |
be active move | be in a state of action, she is always moving |
poise balance | hold or carry in equilibrium |
balance | compute credits and debits of an account |