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Meaning of balance

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  balance
      n 1: a state of equilibrium [ant: {imbalance}, {instability},
           {unbalance}]
      2: equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of
         an account
      3: 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 [syn: {proportion},
         {proportionality}, {balance}]
      4: equality of distribution [syn: {balance}, {equilibrium},
         {equipoise}, {counterbalance}]
      5: 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" [syn: {remainder}, {balance},
         {residual}, {residue}, {residuum}, {rest}]
      6: the difference between the totals of the credit and debit
         sides of an account
      7: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
         [syn: {Libra}, {Balance}]
      8: the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
         about September 23 to October 22 [syn: {Libra}, {Libra the
         Balance}, {Balance}, {Libra the Scales}]
      9: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact
         reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or
         plane [syn: {symmetry}, {symmetricalness}, {correspondence},
         {balance}] [ant: {asymmetry}, {dissymmetry}, {imbalance}]
      10: a weight that balances another weight [syn: {counterweight},
          {counterbalance}, {counterpoise}, {balance}, {equalizer},
          {equaliser}]
      11: 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 [syn: {balance wheel},
          {balance}]
      12: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
      v 1: bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work
           and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" [syn:
           {balance}, {equilibrate}, {equilibrize}, {equilibrise}]
           [ant: {unbalance}]
      2: compute credits and debits of an account
      3: hold or carry in equilibrium [syn: {poise}, {balance}]
      4: be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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