balance
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- noun
- /ˈbæl.əns/
:
balanza
- Drew tries to keep his balance and fights a valiant but losing battle.
- use a balance
- spring balance
- beam balance
Examples
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It's just like the balance beam.
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And the flavor is a perfect balance of sweet and heat.
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This device has a delicate electromagnetic balance.
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Ellen was barely able to keep her balance as they padded over the hot, soft earth.
Fiction book (1991) -
Balances require a firm tension in certain muscles, and inverted balances require tension to align adjacent body parts.
Academic text (1991) -
You can make your own simple balance scale using a pencil and a ruler.
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He used the weights to test if the balance was accurate.
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The balance pivoted perfectly when both sides were equal.
Synonyms
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5.3
A weight that balances another weight in machines like cranes or elevators
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5.4
A weight that balances a machine or object to keep it steady
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5.3
A weight or tool that makes two sides level on a beam
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4.6
A person or tool that keeps something level
A tool with a horizontal beam and two pans that compares weights
A machine that measures small weights and shows the number on a digital screen
A small portable balance with a bar that turns on a point to weigh things
A tool that measures weight using a metal spring and shows it on a scale
A very sensitive scale for weighing tiny amounts of material
A person or thing that balances another one
Idioms
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6.8
To be in a situation where the result is not decided, for example a job or game
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.7
A document that shows what a company owns, what it owes, and its value on a date
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4.1
A situation where groups or countries share power so no one becomes too strong
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A system that stops one person or group having too much power by sharing control
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3.9
The difference in value between a country's exports and imports of goods
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4.6
A record of a country's money that comes in and goes out with other countries over a year
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4.4
The difference in value of goods a country sells and buys from other countries over time
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A small wheel in a watch or clock that swings against a thin spring to keep accurate time
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6.1
An exact scale in a lab for measuring very small amounts of chemicals
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3.3
A healthy level of salts like sodium and potassium in the body
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Money that a borrower must keep in a bank account when getting a loan
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An amount that shows an account owes money because more money was taken out than put in
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A way to reduce an asset's value by a fixed percent each year, with larger reductions at first
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A way to reduce an asset's remaining value by a fixed percentage each year
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A state in which a turning part like a propeller does not cause shaking
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A machine that measures small weights and shows the number on a digital screen
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The amount of acids and bases in the body that keeps fluids at the right pH
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Looking at a company's money, debts, and owners' share to judge its financial health
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When a country buys more from other countries than it sells to them, it has money problems
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A record of all money and goods a country sends to and receives from other countries in a year
The seventh zodiac sign shown as scales that has the sun in it from late September to late October
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The difference between money a country earns and pays for services and income from abroad
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A minimum amount of money a bank asks you to keep in an account while you have a loan
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An instrument that measures very small forces by seeing how much a thin wire twists
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A list of account totals that shows whether debit and credit amounts match
- Specialized
A tool that measures weight using a metal spring and shows it on a scale
- Specialized
The difference in value between a country's exports and imports of goods over time
How Precise
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Balance comes from words meaning bi- 'two' and lanx 'pan', and originally named a two-pan scale. So a balance can be the device used for weighing or a part that keeps things steady.