Word

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
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balance proportion proportionality

sample sentences

"in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

proportion

semantic pointers

hypernym

placement, arrangement

a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
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balance

semantic pointers

hypernym

scale, weighing machine

hyponym

beam balance electronic balance microbalance spring balance, spring scale steelyard, lever scale, beam scale

a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
<noun.artifact>

balance balance wheel

semantic pointers

hypernym

wheel

part holonym

timepiece, timekeeper, horologe

a weight that balances another weight
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balance counterbalance counterpoise counterweight equaliser equalizer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

counterbalance counterbalance

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

counterweight

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

counterpoise

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

equalize

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

equalise

semantic pointers

hypernym

weight

hyponym

sash weight tare

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
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balance correspondence symmetricalness symmetry

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

symmetric symmetrize symmetrise

antonym

asymmetry

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

symmetrical

semantic pointers

hypernym

spatiality, spatial property

domain of synset (topic)

mathematics, math, maths

hyponym

regularity, geometrical regularity bilaterality, bilateralism, bilateral symmetry radial symmetry

the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
<noun.possession>

balance

semantic pointers

hypernym

remainder, difference

hyponym

balance of trade, trade balance, visible balance, trade gap carry-over, carry-forward compensating balance, offsetting balance invisible balance

something left after other parts have been taken away
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balance remainder residual residue residuum rest