Analysis (n.) A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements |
Analysis (n.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis. |
Analysis (n.) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. |
Analysis (n.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations. |
Analysis (n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. |
Analysis (n.) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. |
Analysis (n.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. |
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. |