'Balancing' definitions:
Definition of 'balancing'
From: WordNet
noun
Getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement" [syn: reconciliation, balancing]
Definition of 'Balancing'
From: GCIDE
- Balance \Bal"ance\ (b[a^]l"ans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Balanced (b[a^]l"anst); p. pr. & vb. n. Balancing (b[a^]l"an*s[i^]ng).] [From Balance, n.: cf. F. balancer.]
- 1. To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize. [1913 Webster]
- One expression . . . must check and balance another. --Kent. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate. [1913 Webster]
- Balance the good and evil of things. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them. [1913 Webster]
- I am very well satisfied that it is not in my power to balance accounts with my Maker. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners. [1913 Webster]
- 9. (Naut.) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail. [1913 Webster]
- Balanced valve. See Balance valve, under Balance, n. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To poise; weigh; adjust; counteract; neutralize; equalize. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'balancing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adversative,
- adverse,
- adversive,
- allegory,
- amendatory,
- amends,
- analogy,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antithetic,
- antonymous,
- at cross-purposes,
- atonement,
- clashing,
- commutation,
- comparative anatomy,
- comparative degree,
- comparative grammar,
- comparative judgment,
- comparative linguistics,
- comparative literature,
- comparative method,
- compare,
- comparing,
- comparison,
- compensating,
- compensation,
- compensatory,
- conflicting,
- confrontation,
- confronting,
- confrontment,
- contradictory,
- contradistinct,
- contrapositive,
- contrarious,
- contrary,
- contrast,
- contrasted,
- contrastiveness,
- converse,
- coordination,
- correlation,
- counter,
- counteracting,
- counteraction,
- counteractive,
- counterbalancing,
- counterpoised,
- countervailing,
- dead against,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- distinction,
- distinctiveness,
- equalization,
- evening,
- expiation,
- expiatory,
- eyeball to eyeball,
- harmonization,
- hostile,
- inconsistent,
- indemnification,
- indemnificatory,
- indemnity,
- inimical,
- integration,
- inverse,
- lex talionis,
- likening,
- matching,
- metaphor,
- obverse,
- offsetting,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- opposition,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- parallelism,
- penitential,
- perverse,
- proportion,
- recompense,
- recompensive,
- rectification,
- rectifying,
- redress,
- regularization,
- relation,
- reparation,
- reparative,
- repayment,
- repugnant,
- restitution,
- retaliation,
- retaliatory,
- revenge,
- reverse,
- satisfaction,
- simile,
- similitude,
- squared off,
- substitution,
- symmetrization,
- trope of comparison,
- weigh-in,
- weighing,
- weighing-in,
- weighing-out
Words containing 'Balancing'
- Balance,
- Balanceable,
- Balanced,
- Balancement,
- Balancer,
- off balance,
- Balance dock,
- Balance electrometer,
- Balance fish,
- Balance knife,
- Balance of power,
- Balance of torsion,
- Balance of trade,
- Balance rudder,
- Balance sheet,
- Balance thermometer,
- Balance valve,
- Balance wheel,
- Balanced valve,
- Coin balance,
- Compensated balance,
- Compensation balance,
- Hydrostatic balance,
- Roman balance,
- Spring balance,
- Thermic balance,
- To lay in balance,
- To strike a balance,
- To turn the balance,
- Torsion balance,
- Trial balance,
- actinic balance,
- analytical balance,
- balance beam,
- balance of payments,
- balanced budget,
- balanced diet,
- beam balance,
- chemical balance,
- compensating balance,
- dynamic balance,
- electrolyte balance,
- electronic balance,
- invisible balance,
- libra the balance,
- mental balance,
- nitrogen balance,
- offsetting balance,
- sense of balance,
- strike a balance,
- trade balance,
- visible balance,
- Weal-balanced,
- balance of international payments,
- counter-balanced,
- self-balancing,
- well-balanced,
- acid-base balance,
- balance-of-payments problem,
- counterbalanced counter-balanced counterpoised