Antonyms for balancing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bal-uhns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæl əns

Definition of balancing

Origin : early 13c., "apparatus for weighing," from Old French balance (12c.) "balance, scales for weighing," also in the figurative sense; from Medieval Latin bilancia, from Late Latin bilanx, from Latin (libra) bilanx "(scale) having two pans," possibly from Latin bis "twice" + lanx "dish, plate, scale of a balance." The accounting sense is from 1580s; the meaning "general harmony between parts" is from 1732; sense of "physical equipoise" is from 1660s. Balance of power in the geopolitical sense is from 1701. Many figurative uses are from Middle English image of the scales in the hands of personified Justice, Fortune, Fate, etc.; e.g. hang in the balance (late 14c.).

verb make equal; cause to have equilibrium
verb compare
verb make equal numerically

Example sentences :

It is the same way in changing the position of the balancing planes.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

Ever seen Cinquevalli balancing a billiard ball on top of another one?
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

Kirkwood rose, balancing himself against the leap and sway of the boat.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

The upholsterer should so fill the pad that the wearer will have difficulty in balancing it.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

He sat on his bunk and weighed the thing reflectively, balancing it on his palm.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

But the laws governing the balancing and steering of the machine were unknown.
Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson

But he disdains this balancing of pleasures and pains, which is the exchange of commerce and not of virtue.
Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato

"Look," he said with triumph, balancing smilingly on his perch.
Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper

“Hark here,” said I, pulling the weapon from my belt and balancing it on my fingers.
Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed

For swimming he only used his tail, but for balancing and steering, his feet and hands.
Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English

Synonyms for balancing

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