balance

a state of equilibrium

a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

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

equality of distribution

something left after other parts have been taken away

• “there was no remainder”
• “he threw away the rest”
• “he took what he wanted and I got the balance”

the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra

the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

an equivalent counterbalancing weight

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

bring into balance or equilibrium

• “She has to balance work and her domestic duties”
• “balance the two weights”

compute credits and debits of an account

hold or carry in equilibrium

be in equilibrium

• “He was balancing on one foot”