A device for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring.

Alternative form of acrobalance

plural of Roberval balance

A kind of weighing scale with two identical horizontal beams attached, one directly above the other, to a vertical column.

(law) Alternative form of balance of probabilities

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of balance the books

present participle of balance the books

present participle of check and balance

(idiomatic) Provide mutual oversight and limitation by independent organizations in order to prevent abuses of power.

(idiomatic) The mutual oversight provided by a system of independent organizations with control over each other.