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 |
Cuttoo plate () A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle. |
Plate (n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions |
Plate (n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces. |
Plate (n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver. |
Plate (n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold. |
Plate (n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table. |
Plate (n.) A piece of money, usually silver money. |
Plate (n.) A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed |
Plate (n.) A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from |
Plate (n.) That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc. |
Plate (n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers |
Plate (n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. |
Plate (n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light. |
Plate (n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest. |
Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. |
Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal |
Plate (v. t.) To adorn with plated metal |
Plate (v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae. |
Plate (v. t.) To calender |
Plate-gilled (a.) Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks. |
Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. |
spin the plate spin the platter | a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called, the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit |
ctene comb-plate | a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused |
analytical balance chemical balance | a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis |
armor plate armour plate armor plating plate armor plate armour | specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire |
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 |
bite plate biteplate | a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |
counterweight counterbalance counterpoise balance equalizer equaliser | a weight that balances another weight |
cover plate | covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle |
denture dental plate plate | a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth |
dessert plate | a small plate on which dessert can be served |
dinner plate | a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal |
electronic balance | a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan |
fashion plate | a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress |
finger plate escutcheon scutcheon | a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers |
gold plate | a thin plating of gold on something |
gold plate | tableware that is plated with gold |
gusset gusset plate | a metal plate used to strengthen a joist |
home plate home base home plate | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands, it must be touched by a base runner in order to score, he ruled that the runner failed to touch home |
hot plate hotplate | a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm |
license plate numberplate | a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number |
L-plate | a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner |
paper plate | a disposable plate made of cardboard |
plate | dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten |
plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
plate | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic |
plate collection plate | a shallow receptacle for collection in church |
plate | structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage |
plate | a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) |
plate photographic plate | a flat sheet of metal or glass on which a photographic image can be recorded |
plate | the positively charged electrode in a vacuum tube |
plate glass sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
plate iron | a plate of iron |
plate rack | a rack for holding plates to dry after they have been washed |
plate rail | rail or narrow shelf fixed to a wall to display plates |
quarter plate | a photographic plate measuring . inches by . inches |
rider plate | a horizontal beam (or plate) connected to the top of a ship's vertical keel or to the keelson |
salad plate salad bowl | a plate or bowl for individual servings of salad |
silver plate | a thin layer of silver deposited on something |
silver plate | tableware that is plated with silver |
soup plate | a deep plate with a wide rim |
spring balance spring scale | a balance that measure weight by the tension on a helical spring |
steel plate | a plate of steel |
tin plate tinplate | a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting, used especially for cans, pots, and tins |
torsion balance | measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire |
wall plate | plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load |
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 |