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 |
Blood money () Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. |
Blood money () Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life |
Demand (v. t.) To ask or call for with authority |
Demand (v. t.) To inquire authoritatively or earnestly |
Demand (v. t.) To require as necessary or useful |
Demand (v. t.) To call into court |
Demand (v. i.) To make a demand |
Demand (v. t.) The act of demanding |
Demand (v. t.) Earnest inquiry |
Demand (v. t.) A diligent seeking or search |
Demand (v. t.) That which one demands or has a right to demand |
Demand (v. t.) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. |
Demand (v. t.) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed |
Demand (v. t.) A thing or amount claimed to be due. |
Money (n.) A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government |
Money (n.) Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it |
Money (n.) In general, wealth |
Money (v. t.) To supply with money. |
Money-maker (n.) One who coins or prints money |
Money-maker (n.) One who accumulates money or wealth |
Money-making (n.) The act or process of making money |
Money-making (a.) Affording profitable returns |
Money-making (a.) Sussessful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim |
Speculative (a.) Given to speculation |
Speculative (a.) Involving, or formed by, speculation |
Speculative (a.) Of or pertaining to vision |
waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
money laundering | concealing the source of illegally gotten money |
demand feeding | feeding a baby or animal whenever it shows a need |
demand | the act of demanding, the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money |
money cowrie Cypraea moneta | cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa |
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 |
cashbox money box till | a strongbox for holding cash |
counterweight counterbalance counterpoise balance equalizer equaliser | a weight that balances another weight |
electronic balance | a balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the pan |
money belt | belt with a concealed section for holding money |
savings bank coin bank money box bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, the coin bank was empty |
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 |
big-bang theory big bang theory | (cosmology) the theory that the universe originated sometime betweenbillion andbillion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature |
steady state theory continuous creation theory | (cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other, the steady state theory has been abandoned in favor of the big bang theory |
hypothesis possibility theory | a tentative insight into the natural world, a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena, a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory, he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices |
M-theory | (particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong |
string theory | (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings |
requirement demand | required activity, the requirements of his work affected his health, there were many demands on his time |
moneymaker money-spinner cash cow | a project that generates a continuous flow of money |
theory | a belief that can guide behavior, the architect has a theory that more is less, they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales |
theory | a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena, theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses, true in fact and theory |
theory of gravitation theory of gravity gravitational theory Newton's theory of gravitation | (physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them |
preformation theory of preformation | a theory (popular in the th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell |
scientific theory | a theory that explains scientific observations, scientific theories must be falsifiable |
field theory | (physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with other fields |
economic theory | (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods) |
Malthusianism Malthusian theory | Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence |
communications communication theory | the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.), communications is his major field of study |
set theory | the branch of pure mathematics that deals with the nature and relations of sets |
group theory | the branch of mathematics dealing with groups |
Galois theory | group theory applied to the solution of algebraic equations |
probability theory theory of probability | the branch of applied mathematics that deals with probabilities |
atomism atomic theory atomist theory atomistic theory | (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles, the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe |
holism holistic theory | the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole, holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states |
atomic theory | a theory of the structure of the atom |
Bohr theory | (physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory, electrons orbiting a nucleus can only be in certain stationary energy states and light is emitted when electrons jump from one energy state to another |
cell theory cell doctrine | (biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms, proposed in by Matthias Schleiden and by Theodor Schwann |
wave theory undulatory theory wave theory of light | (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves |
corpuscular theory corpuscular theory of light | (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles |
kinetic theory kinetic theory of gases | (physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motion |
relativity theory of relativity relativity theory Einstein's theory of relativity | (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts |
general relativity general theory of relativity general relativity theory Einstein's general theory of relativity | a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) |