balance

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

Synonyms

• equilibratebring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium ; bring into balance or equilibrium
• equilibrizebring into balance or equilibrium
• equilibrisebring into balance or equilibrium

Synonyms

• poisea cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium ; great coolness and composure under strain; be motionless, in suspension; prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult ; cause to be balanced or suspended ; hold or carry in equilibrium

• "He was balancing on one foot"

• "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance- John Ruskin"

Synonyms

• proportiongive pleasant proportions to; adjust in size relative to other things ; the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole ; magnitude or extent; balance among the parts of something ; the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
• proportionalitya ratio of two quantities that is constant ; harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

Synonyms

• equilibriuma stable situation in which forces cancel one another ; a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates ; equality of distribution ; a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
• equipoiseequality of distribution
• counterbalanceadjust for; contrast with equal weight or force ; oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; a weight that balances another weight ; equality of distribution ; a compensating equivalent

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

Synonyms

• remaindersell cheaply as remainders; something left after other parts have been taken away; the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor ; the number that remains after subtraction; a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
• residualrelating to or indicating a remainder; something left after other parts have been taken away; (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing
• residuematter that remains after something has been removed ; something left after other parts have been taken away
• residuumsomething left after other parts have been taken away
• restnot move; take a short break from one's activities in order to relax ; give a rest to; have a place in relation to something else; be at rest ; stay the same; be inherent or innate in ; put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; sit, as on a branch; rest on or as if on a pillow; be inactive, refrain from acting; something left after other parts have been taken away; freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); a pause for relaxation; a state of inaction; euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); a support on which things can be put; a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

Synonyms

• Libra(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra ; a small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; the seventh sign of the zodiac
• Balancebring into balance or equilibrium; compute credits and debits of an account ; hold or carry in equilibrium ; be in equilibrium; a state of equilibrium ; 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); equality of distribution ; something left after other parts have been taken away; the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account ; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra ; the seventh sign of the zodiac; (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; a weight that balances another weight ; a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; a scale for weighing

• "the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22"

Synonyms

• Libra(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra ; a small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; the seventh sign of the zodiac
• Libra the Balancethe seventh sign of the zodiac
• Balancebring into balance or equilibrium; compute credits and debits of an account ; hold or carry in equilibrium ; be in equilibrium; a state of equilibrium ; 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); equality of distribution ; something left after other parts have been taken away; the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account ; (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra ; the seventh sign of the zodiac; (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; a weight that balances another weight ; a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; a scale for weighing
• Libra the Scalesthe seventh sign of the zodiac

• "exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane"

Synonyms

• symmetry(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; balance among the parts of something ; (physics) the property of being isotropic
• symmetricalness(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation
• correspondencecommunication by the exchange of letters ; compatibility of observations; the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount ; (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; similarity by virtue of corresponding

Synonyms

• counterweightconstitute a counterweight or counterbalance to ; a weight that balances another weight
• counterbalanceadjust for; contrast with equal weight or force ; oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions; a weight that balances another weight ; equality of distribution ; a compensating equivalent
• counterpoisea weight that balances another weight ; constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to
• equalizerelectronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion ; a weight that balances another weight ; a score that makes the match even
• equaliserelectronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion ; a weight that balances another weight

• "especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat"

Synonyms

• balance wheela wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine

• "depends on pull of gravity"