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Balanced   /bˈælənst/   Listen
verb
Balance  v. t.  (past & past part. balanced; pres. part. balancing)  
1.
To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.
2.
To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.
3.
To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize. "One expression... must check and balance another."
4.
To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate. "Balance the good and evil of things."
5.
To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them. "I am very well satisfied that it is not in my power to balance accounts with my Maker."
6.
To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account.
7.
To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.
8.
(Dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.
9.
(Naut.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.
Balanced valve. See Balance valve, under Balance, n.
Synonyms: To poise; weigh; adjust; counteract; neutralize; equalize.


Balance  v. i.  
1.
To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.
2.
To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate. "He would not balance or err in the determination of his choice."
3.
(Dancing) To move toward a person or couple, and then back.


adjective
balanced  adj.  Being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; opposite of unbalanced. "The carefully balanced seesaw" "A properly balanced symphony orchestra" "A balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history" "A balanced blend of whiskeys" "The educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers" (Narrower terms: counterbalanced, counter-balanced, counterpoised; well-balanced; poised) (Related terms: stable - (maintaining equilibrium))





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"Balanced" Quotes from Famous Books



... thereby they would forfeit their essential characteristic, viz. absolute independence. And as there exists no extraneous principle to stir up the gu/n/as, the production of the great principle and the other effects—which would acquire for its operative cause a non-balanced state ...
— The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya - Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 • George Thibaut
... showing a bottle of Scotch whiskey, and explained "I am starting in on a lecture on Moses." There was a certain simplicity about the man. Once when his right arm was in a sling, broken by a fall from a horse, he offered prayer in the old church. And unable to use his arm as usual, he so balanced his gyrations that he in some way drifted around until when he said "Amen" his face fronted the whitewashed wall back of his pulpit. He turned to the minister standing by him, saying in a very audible whisper, "Do ...
— Memories and Anecdotes • Kate Sanborn
... his eyes from the picture before him, observed his friend. Waldron's face was not what might be called an expressive one; it was the face of a man who had learned not to show what he might be feeling. There was no mask there; only cool and balanced control, coupled with the keenest observation. But Julius imagined that Waldron's close-set lips relaxed a little as he ...
— The Brown Study • Grace S. Richmond
... know anything about the theory of the exploding universe? Have you ever noted the tendency of the perfectly balanced ...
— Hellhounds of the Cosmos • Clifford Donald Simak
... and amiable, but did not know where to stop; and the experiment was now to be tried, whether it was possible to introduce a necessary reform, without annihilating also all the results of the labors of preceding generations. Carlstadt's mind was not well balanced, and to him the reformation was only a half measure, and a useless movement, unless all the external observances of religion and the whole economy of the church were destroyed. He abolished, or desired to abolish, all priestly garments, ...
— A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon - For the Use of Schools and Colleges • John Lord


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