Article: Balance

For meanings of the word balance, or imbalance see:

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• Sense of balance (equilibrium), which maintains physical balance in humans and animals
• Balance (public media coverage of politics)
• Weighing scale; hence in astronomy the constellation libra (Latin for the scale) and the zodiac sign Libra (astrology)
• Balance beam, gymnastics apparatus
• Biological balance (Homeostasis) within a human or other animal's body
• Balance (metaphysics), a desirable point between opposite forces
• BALANCE Act {H.R. 1066}, Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations
• Balance (accounting)
• Balance in stereophonic sound
• Engine balance
• Balance Bicycles, Makers of Mountain and BMX bicycles, such as the "Killer B"
• Balance (animation), a 1989 Academy Award-winning short film

Music

• Balance (band), a 1980s pop/rock group
• Balance (album), an album by Van Halen
• Balance (Rapper), rapper from the Bay Area
• Imbalance (band), an American rock band

Similar terms

• Balanced line (electronics)
• Rebalancing (investment), an action to bring investments in line with target asset allocation

See also

• Chemical equilibrium
• Dynamic equilibrium
• Mechanical equilibrium
• Economic equilibrium
• Stability