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
bring into balance or equilibrium
“She has to balance work and her domestic duties”
a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
a state of equilibrium
be in equilibrium
compute credits and debits of an account
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
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”
a weight that balances another weight