Definition of balances

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Definition of balances

  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. balance wheel
  • (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. correspondence
    2. symmetricalness
    3. symmetry
  • the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. libra
    2. libra the balance
    3. libra the scales
  • harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) (noun)

    Examples

    1. in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance

    Synonyms

    1. proportion
    2. proportionality
  • a weight that balances another weight (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. counterbalance
    2. counterpoise
    3. counterweight
    4. equaliser
    5. equalizer
  • equality of distribution (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. counterbalance
    2. equilibrium
    3. equipoise
  • something left after other parts have been taken away (noun)

    Examples

    1. he took what he wanted and I got the balance

    Synonyms

    1. remainder
    2. residual
    3. residue
    4. residuum
    5. rest
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. libra
  • hold or carry in equilibrium (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. poise
  • bring into balance or equilibrium (verb)

    Examples

    1. She has to balance work and her domestic duties
    2. balance the two weights

    Synonyms

    1. equilibrate
    2. equilibrise
    3. equilibrize
  • a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity (noun)
  • a state of equilibrium (noun)
  • be in equilibrium (verb)
  • compute credits and debits of an account (verb)
  • equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account (noun)
  • the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account (noun)

See definition of balances in Merriam Webster