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 |
Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden |
Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust |
Charge (v. t.) To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. |
Charge (v. t.) To fix or demand as a price |
Charge (v. t.) To place something to the account of as a debt |
Charge (v. t.) To impute or ascribe |
Charge (v. t.) To accuse |
Charge (v. t.) To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear |
Charge (v. t.) To ornament with or cause to bear |
Charge (v. t.) To assume as a bearing |
Charge (v. t.) To call to account |
Charge (v. t.) To bear down upon |
Charge (v. i.) To make an onset or rush |
Charge (v. i.) To demand a price |
Charge (v. i.) To debit on an account |
Charge (v. i.) To squat on its belly and be still |
Charge (v. t.) A load or burder laid upon a person or thing. |
Charge (v. t.) A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another |
Charge (v. t.) Custody or care of any person, thing, or place |
Charge (v. t.) Heed |
Charge (v. t.) Harm. |
Charge (v. t.) An order |
Charge (v. t.) An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation |
Charge (v. t.) An accusation of a wrong of offense |
Charge (v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc. |
Charge (v. t.) The price demanded for a thing or service. |
equalization equalisation leveling | the act of making equal or uniform |
mission charge commission | a special assignment that is given to a person or group, a confidential mission to London, his charge was deliver a message |
care charge tutelage guardianship | attention and management implying responsibility for safety, he is in the care of a bodyguard |
charge | an impetuous rush toward someone or something, the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary, the battle began with a cavalry charge |
banzai attack banzai charge | a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties, originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai' |
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 |
charge burster bursting charge explosive charge | a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time, this cartridge has a powder charge ofgrains |
charge bearing heraldic bearing armorial bearing | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield |
charge-exchange accelerator | an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange |
counterweight counterbalance counterpoise balance equalizer equaliser | a weight that balances another weight |
depth charge depth bomb | a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water, antisubmarine device |
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 |
conservation of charge conservation of electricity | the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system |
blotter day book police blotter rap sheet charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
charge complaint | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense, he was arrested on a charge of larceny |
accusation charge | an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence, the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving |
commission charge direction | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something, the judge's charge to the jury |
charge billing | request for payment of a debt, they submitted their charges at the end of each month |
murder charge murder indictment | an indictment charging someone with murder |
bang boot charge rush flush thrill kick | the swift release of a store of affective force, they got a great bang out of it, what a boot!, he got a quick rush from injecting heroin, he does it for kicks |
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 |
cathexis charge | (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object, Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge |
Libra Balance | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra |
charge | a person committed to your care, the teacher led her charges across the street |
charge d'affaires | the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador |
charge of quarters | an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours |
charge electric charge | the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons, the battery needed a fresh charge |
electrostatic charge | the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field) |
positive charge | having a deficiency of electrons, having a higher electric potential |
negative charge | having a surplus of electrons, having a lower electric potential |
handling cost handling charge | the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order) |
carrying cost carrying charge | the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, the expense incurred by ownership |
charge | the price charged for some article or service, the admission charge |
carrying charge | charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan |
depreciation charge | an amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation of property |
fixed charge fixed cost fixed costs | a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) |
cover charge cover | a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink |
drop-off charge | a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented |
entrance fee admission admission charge admission fee admission price price of admission entrance money | the fee charged for admission |
installation charge | the charge for installing something |
rate charge per unit | amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis, a -minute phone call at that rate would cost $ |