Balance

(noun.) a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity.

(noun.) equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account.

(noun.) the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account.

(noun.) equality of distribution.

(noun.) a state of equilibrium.

(verb.) compute credits and debits of an account.

(verb.) bring into balance or equilibrium; 'She has to balance work and her domestic duties'; 'balance the two weights'.

(verb.) be in equilibrium; 'He was balancing on one foot'.

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• It slid from its balance, owing to the change in its course against the currents of air. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• A balance, therefore, must necessarily be paid to them in gold and silver, and this balance, too, is generally found. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In that case the steady pull on the balance will be one half the weight of the roller; or a force of 6 pounds will suffice to raise the 12-pound roller. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• They take with them neither wagons nor artillery; these latter marching with the balance of the army to the James River. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The Wrights’ system of balance, the great original feature of their invention, is attained by what is called the warping of the wings. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Memphis therefore was practically isolated from the balance of the command. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Such taxes, when destined for the maintenance of the state, have some advantages, which may serve in some measure to balance their inconveniency. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Faculties less delicately balanced, constitutions less tenderly organised, must have suffered under such an ordeal as this. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• A calculated, cast up, balanced, and proved house. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• It is right that the best and the worst of me should be fairly balanced before that time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Your judgment is well balanced, your heart is kind, your principles are sound. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• No doubt this automatic and balanced theory of government suited admirably that distrust of the people which seems to have been a dominant feeling among the Fathers. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It was a question whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced by these disadvantages and the enemy's superior position. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• What does it offer in comparison with, as balanced over against, some other possibility? 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The gun is fulcrumed in a lever frame provided with a counterpoise which more than balances the gun. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In the latter case a force of 1 pound actually balances a force of 2 pounds, but the 1-pound weight is twice as far from the point of suspension as is the 2-pound weight. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The practical method of securing the proper and ready adaptation of balances to springs is to place in the rims of the balance a number of small screws having relatively heavy heads. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• An occupation is the only thing which balances the distinctive capacity of an individual with his social service. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• In this way one hand could control both the steering and the balancing of the planes. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The Papacy seemed to be balancing its traditional reliance upon the faithful Habsburgs against its quarrel with republican France. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In practice, however, no such perfect conditions can obtain, hence the necessity of the provision for balancing in order to maintain the principle of independent control of each unit. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Pilcher, an Englishman, continued his experiments, trying the same method of balancing, but in September, 1899, his wings broke, and he met the same fate as his teacher. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• I sing the song as 'twas sung to me, said the Count blithely, balancing himself on one foot. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Becky consoled herself by so balancing the chances and equalizing the distribution of good and evil in the world. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But the problem of balancing was not yet solved, and here Wilbur and Orville Wright entered upon the scene. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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