Balance

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.

   “But civilized man is quite a different animal, and when he wipes out an entire city or levels a forest, he is no longer working within the natural balance of things.”

2. isim Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
3. isim Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.

   “These weights are used as a balance for the overhanging verandah.”

4. isim A pair of scales.
5. isim Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
6. isim The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.

   “The balance of power finally lay with the Royalist forces.”

7. isim Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
8. isim A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
9. isim The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.

   “I just need to nip to a bank and check my balance.”

10. isim A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
11. isim The remainder.

    “The balance of the agreement remains in effect.”

12. isim Libra.
13. fiil To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
14. fiil To make (concepts) agree.

    “the Proteus Principle helps to qualify and balance the concepts of narrators and of narrative situations as previously developed in classical studies by G erard Genette and Franz Stanzel.”

15. fiil To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.

    “I balanced my mug of coffee on my knee.”

16. fiil To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.

    “Ballance the Good and Evil of Things.”

17. fiil To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.

    “to balance partners”

18. fiil To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.

    “to balance the boom mainsail”

19. fiil To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.

    “to balance a set of books”

20. fiil To be in equilibrium.
21. fiil To have matching credits and debits.
22. fiil To weigh in a balance.
23. fiil To hesitate or fluctuate.
24. özel isim The constellation and zodiacal sign Libra.

    “Libra, or the Balance holdeth in the Navel, the Reins, and the lower parts of the Womb.”