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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Balance \Bal"ance\ (b[a^]l"ans), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Balanced} (b[a^]l"anst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Balancing} (b[a^]l"an*s[i^]ng).] [From {Balance}, noun: cf. F. balancer.]
1. To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.
2. To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.
3. To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.
One expression . . . must check and balance another. --Kent.
4. To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
Balance the good and evil of things. --L'Estrange.
5. To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them.
I am very well satisfied that it is not in my power to balance accounts with my Maker. --Addison.
6. To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account.
7. To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.
8. (Dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.
9. (Naut.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.
{Balanced valve}. See {Balance valve}, under {Balance}, noun
Syn: To poise; weigh; adjust; counteract; neutralize; equalize.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
balanced \bal"anced\ adjective being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; -- opposite of {unbalanced}. the carefully balanced seesaw a properly balanced symphony orchestra a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history a balanced blend of whiskeys the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers [Narrower terms: {counterbalanced, counter-balanced, counterpoised}; {well-balanced}; {poised}] [Related terms: stable --- (maintaining equilibrium)] [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
balanced
adjective
1: being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers" [ant: {unbalanced}]
2: total debits and credits are equal; "the books looked balanced"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
149 Moby Thesaurus words for "balanced": accordant, alike, all there, apoise, assured, automatic, clearheaded, clearminded, coequal, collected, commonsense, compos mentis, composed, concinnate, concinnous, confident, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, cool, coolheaded, coordinate, correspondent, defensible, deserved, due, equable, equal, equanimous, equibalanced, equilateral, equilibrious, equiponderant, equiponderous, equitable, euphonic, euphonical, euphonious, eurythmic, even, evenhanded, fair, fair and square, fast, fiducial, finished, firm, firm as Gibraltar, fit, flat, flowing, fluent, good, harmonious, healthy-minded, homogeneous, immutable, imperturbable, in equilibrium, invariable, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal, level, levelheaded, logical, lucid, measured, mechanical, meet, meet and right, mentally sound, merited, methodic, monolithic, normal, of a piece, of sound mind, ordered, orderly, persistent, philosophical, poised, practical, pragmatic, predictable, proper, proportioned, rational, reasonable, recollected, regular, reliable, right, right and proper, rightful, robotlike, sane, sane-minded, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-controlled, self-possessed, self-restrained, sensible, smooth, smooth-sounding, sober, sober-minded, solid, sound, sound-minded, square, stable, steadfast, steady, substantial, sweet, symmetric, symmetrical, systematic, together, tripping, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, unflappable, unflinching, uniform, unruffled, unshakable, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, warrantable, warranted, well-balanced, well-set, well-set-up, wholesome, without nerves
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