Word Finder - balancing

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To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.

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To make (concepts) agree.

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

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I balanced my mug of coffee on my knee.

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

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(dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.

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to balance partners

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

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to balance the boom mainsail

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

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This final payment, or credit, balances the account.

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To be in equilibrium.

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To have matching credits and debits.

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To weigh in a balance.

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To hesitate or fluctuate.

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An action wherein someone balances or something is balanced

Pierre trailed, balancing a plate of food.

Katie came from the kitchen, balancing a full cup of steaming coffee.

The method of balancing columns is of limited use.

The ground beneath her rumbled suddenly, and she straightened, balancing herself against a tree.  Gabriel stopped ahead of her and Andre motioned her quickly away from the spot.

The Algerian budget for 1906 showed revenue and expenditure balancing at £3,820,000.

The first problem on this side of expenditure is the due balancing of outlay by income.

Balancing rest and exercise is also important.

This is a fine balancing act you can quickly learn.

The lower ends of these wires are connected through the secondary coil of an oscillation transformer to an earth plate, or to a large conductor placed on or near the earth called a " balancing capacity."

All of them make use of Marconi's antenna in some form both at the transmitting and at the receiving end, all of them make use of an earth connexion, or its equivalent in the form of a balancing capacity or large surface having capacity with respect to the earth, which merely means that they insert a condenser of large capacity in the earth connexion.

The old instinctive idea of symmetry must often have suggested other oekumene balancing the known world in the other quarters of the globe.

In practice every line is a compromise between these two extremes, arrived at by carefully balancing a large number of varying factors.

It is also the custom to balance a proportion of the reciprocating masses by balance weights placed between the spokes of the wheels, and the actual balance weight seen in a driving-wheel is the resultant of the separate weights required for the balancing of the revolving parts and the reciprocating parts.

It was while in exile at Briihl that Mazarin saw the mistake he had made in isolating himself and the queen, and that his policy of balancing every party in the state against each other had made every party distrust him.

Hence we find that p - p' = Po-/p for a very dilute solution, where the difference p-p' is small and the height of the balancing column of solution small.

If the cities had gained the day they might still have aimed at balancing the power of the princes, but owing partly to their imperfect union, partly to the necessity of fighting with hired troops, they did not gain any serious advantage.

Principle of Least Resistance.Where more than one system of resistances are alike capable of balancing the same system of loads applied to a given structure, the smallest of those alternative systems, as waS demonstrated by the Rev. Henry Moseley in his Mechanics of Engineering and Architecture, is that which will actually be exerted but are distinguished by an asterisk.

Deflecting Force for Translation in a Curved Path.In machinery, deflecting force is supplied by the tenacity of some piece, such as a crank, which guides the deflected body in its curved path, and is unbalanced, being employed in producing deflexion, and not in balancing another force.

In balancing the mechanism of a steam engine it is often sufficiently accurate to consider the motion of the pistons as simple harmonic, and the effect on the framework of the acceleration of the connecting rod may be approximately allowed for by distributing the weight of the rod between the crank pin and the piston inversely as the centre of gravity of the rod divides the distance between the centre of the cross head pin and the centre of the crank pin.

The conditions regulating the balancing of a system of weights reciprocating under the action of accelerating forces given by the above expression are investigated in a paper by Otto Schlick, On Balancing of Steam Engines, Trans, Inst.

Dalby, On the Balancing of the Reciprocating Parts of Engines, including the Effect of the Connecting Rod (ibid., 1901).

Most of the original papers on this subject of engini balancing are to be found in the Transactions of the Institution 01 Naval Architects.

The proof of this construction is given in The Balancing of Engines.

If the above-mentioned condition be not satisfied, the triangle is imaginary, and the three fluids cannot rest in contact, the two weaker tensions, even if acting in full concert, being incapable of balancing the strongest.

Balancing these mystic joys is the stern tone of his Resolutions, in which he is almost ascetic in his eagerness to live earnestly and soberly, to waste no time, to maintain the strictest temperance in eating and drinking.

Before this stage the converse process begins, the reduced column of fresh water is no longer capable of balancing the sea water in the sand, inflow occurs at c and e, resulting finally in the well water becoming saline.

The beam must be provided with a small ball of metal which can be screwed up and down a stem on the top of the beam for the purpose of accurately adjusting the position of the centre of gravity, and there should be a small adjustable weight on a fine screw projecting horizontally from one end of the beam for the purpose of accurately balancing the arms.

The balancing of the series of forces will not be complete until the respective triplets of conjunctions have filled up the entire space between them.

He was not a financier of genius; but he administered the public moneys with the same probity and exactitude which he used in managing his own, retrieving alienated property, straightening accounts, balancing expenditure and receipts, and amassing a reserve in the Bastille.

Balancing ourselves on the ladder and hammering over our heads proved incredibly difficult.

He was a pacifist, though, and viewed his position on the Council as balancing out the outwardly aggressive predators.

The RS 50 uses a liquid cooled single cylinder two stroke, with reed intake and balancing countershaft.

Mung dal is held to have a balancing effect on all three doshas.

Fenugreek contains diosgenin which is known to help with progesterone balancing.

John has traveled the world amazing people with his incredible feats of head balancing, in the process setting numerous Guinness World Records.

Dugout canoe ride at Chitwan It was quite hair-raising getting into these canoes and balancing while clutching haversacks, binoculars and telescopes.

Use endocrine balancing herbs like agnus castus herb, squaw vine herb and blessed thistle.

It is a balancing act between the potentially huge savings over a 30 year mortgage vs. the large cost of refinancing.

Its a bit of a balancing act as she is very jaundiced and i don't want her to go too long.

All spas need some form of chemical treatment for sanitizing and balancing the pH of the water.

He is fairly prescriptive in his advice in situations where the " right " answer may really depend on balancing a number of factors.

An adjustable pulley is fitted to allow small variations for on-site balancing.

For example leaping onto an aerial runway, riding a bike on parapet, balancing on a high beam.

The exact mix ratio was found to be of vital importance when balancing good conductivity against low shrinkage.

Later, Flavilla herself came down to the water's edge, hatless, sleeves rolled up, balancing a paddle across her shoulders.

Thailand, balancing between British and French imperialism, managed to avoid formal subordination to any foreign power.

The bloodstream form trypanosome is therefore continuously balancing on the brink of destruction.

We found a good selection of arable weeds in the balancing pond.

The main proof of the objective value of the view we may gain will rather lie in the degree in which it succeeds in assigning to every element of culture its due position, or in which it is able to appreciate and combine different and apparently opposite tendencies and interests, in the sort of justice with which it weighs our manifold desires and aspirations, balancing them in due proportions, refusing to sacrifice to a one-sided principle any truth or conviction which experience has proven to be useful and necessary.

In consequence of this action the compromise is usually followed of balancing only 3 of the reciprocating masses, thus keeping the hammer-blow within proper limits, and allowing 3 of the reciprocating masses to be unbalanced in the horizontal direction.