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A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance.
A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance).
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Balanced or considered with reference to public weal.
imp. & p. p.
of Balance
a.
Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair.
n.
An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account.
n.
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.
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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.
n.
A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).
n.
A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S.
n.
To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.
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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.
n.
One who balances, or uses a balance.
a.
Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise.
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Such as can be balanced.
n.
To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.
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Not poised or balanced.
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To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.
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The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.
v. i.
To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.
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