0 a state where things are of equal weight or force: --
We must strike a balance between reckless spending and penny-pinching (= try to have something between these two things).
New tax measures are designed to redress the balance (= make the situation more equal) between rich and poor.
She had to hold onto the railings to keep her balance (= to stop herself from falling).
The toddler wobbled and lost his balance (= started to fall sideways).
1 a device used for weighing things, consisting of two dishes hanging on a bar that shows when the contents of both dishes weigh the same --
2 the amount of money you have in a bank account, or the amount of something that you have left after you have spent or used up the rest: --
3 to be in a position where you will stand without falling to either side, or to put something in this position: --
If the business loses any more money, we won't be able to balance the books this year.
Stringent measures were introduced so that the government could balance its budget/the economy.
I struggle to balance work and family commitments.
She balanced a huge pot effortlessly on her head and walked down to the river.
The flamingos balanced gracefully on one leg.
4 the condition of someone or something in which its weight is equally divided so that it can stay in one position or be under control while moving: --
5 a situation in which two opposing forces have or are given the same power: --
As a journalist, you try to strike a balance between serious reporting and the temptation to say clever things.
Equations (2.7b, c) represent the shear and normal-stress balances.
Here the pressure transport and convection are vanishingly small and the gain of energy by production is balanced by diffusion and dissipation.
The effects of local selection, balanced polymorphism and background selection on equilibrium patterns of genetic diversity in subdivided populations.
Evidence for balancing selection at the major histocompatibility complex in a free-living ruminant.
A simple genealogical structure of strongly balanced allelic lines and trans-species evolution of polymorphism.
The motivation for adding such complexity to the already complex situation of balancing selection in subdivided populations is two-fold.
A choice between rough equals is balanced, but not in the fine way that a choice between exact equals is.
More often than not, however, the distribution of text between the prima parte and seconda parte is not balanced.
