| BALANCE | • balance n. (Uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium. • balance n. (Uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed. • balance n. (Literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight. |
| VALANCE | • valance n. A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window. • valance n. A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window. • valance n. (Bedding) A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from beneath the mattress to the floor used… |
| IMBALANCE | • imbalance n. The property of not being in balance. • IMBALANCE n. lack of balance. |
| REBALANCE | • rebalance v. To balance again. • REBALANCE v. to balance again. |
| UNBALANCE | • unbalance v. (Transitive) To cause to be out of balance. • UNBALANCE v. to cause to lose balance. |
| MISBALANCE | • misbalance v. To balance badly or wrongly. • misbalance n. The state of being balanced badly or wrongly. • MISBALANCE v. to balance mistakenly. |
| OUTBALANCE | • outbalance v. To have more influence or significance than another; to preponderate or outweigh. • OUTBALANCE v. to outweigh; to exceed in weight or effect. |
| EQUIBALANCE | • equibalance n. Equal weight; equiponderance. • equibalance v. (Transitive) To make of equal weight; to counterbalance. • EQUIBALANCE n. equipoise. |
| NONCHALANCE | • nonchalance n. Indifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment. • NONCHALANCE n. the state of being nonchalant. |
| OVERBALANCE | • overbalance v. To be more important than; to outweigh. • overbalance v. (Transitive) To cause an imbalance in (something) by means of excess weight or numbers. • overbalance v. (Transitive) To throw (someone or something) off balance; to cause to capsize. |
| MICROBALANCE | • microbalance n. Any balance capable of weighing objects having a mass less than a milligram. • MICROBALANCE n. a balance designed to measure very small weights. |
| THERMOBALANCE | • thermobalance n. An instrument that measures the change in weight of a sample while it is being heated. • THERMOBALANCE n. an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated. |
| COUNTERBALANCE | • counterbalance n. (Literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance. • counterbalance n. (Figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one. • counterbalance v. (Transitive) To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight. |