Balance 5011 226054935 2008-07-16T17:00:36Z TubularWorld 4759276 opening line __NOTOC__ {{wiktionarypar|balance}} '''Balance''' may refer to: ===General terms=== *[[Balance (ability)]], an ability to maintain balance (see [[#See also|Equilibrioception]] below). *[[Balance (accounting)]] *[[Balance (metaphysics)]], a desirable point between two or more opposite forces. *[[Stereophonic sound#Balance|Balance]] of stereophonic sound. *[[Balance beam]], a piece of gymnastics apparatus. *[[Balance board]], a piece of training equipment. *[[Balance disorder]], the medical description of disordered balance. *[[Weighing scale#Balance|Balance scale]], a device to measure the mass of an object. *[[Balance wheel]], a watch component. *[[Engine balance]] *[[Game balance]], a concept in game design describing the fairness or [[balance of power]] in a game. *[[Media balance]], the amount of political content in the mass media. *[[Tire balance]] ===Specific terms=== *''[[Mizan|Balance]]'' (Urdu: ''Mizan'' or ميزان), a comprehensive treatise on Islam written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar. *[[Balance (film)|''Balance'' (film)]], a 1989 Academy Award-winning short animated film. *[[Balance (networking)|''Balance'' (networking)]], a popular piece of software for load balancing. *[[Balance (puzzle)|''Balance'' (puzzle)]], a puzzle resembling Sudoku. *"Balance", a poem by Patti Smith from her book ''[[kodak (book)|kodak]]''. *[[BALANCE Act]] (H.R. 1066), the Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations Act. *''[[Balance Bar]]'', a popular nutritional energy bar. ====Music==== *[[Balance (band)]], a 1980s pop/rock group. *[[Balance (Van Halen album)|''Balance'' (Van Halen album)]] *[[Balance (Kim-Lian album)|''Balance'' (Kim-Lian album)]] ==Similar terms== *''[[Ballance]]'', a 2004 computer puzzle game. *[[Balanced line]] (electronics). *[[Balancing]] (or "hard balancing") in international relations. *[[Rebalancing (investment)]], an action to bring investments in line with target asset allocation. ==See also== *[[Chemical equilibrium]] *[[Dynamic equilibrium]] *[[Economic equilibrium]] *[[Homeostasis]], the biological balance or systemic equilibrium within a living organism. *[[Mechanical equilibrium]] *[[Equilibrioception]], the sense of balance or spacial equilibrium in humans and animals. *[[Stability (disambiguation)]] {{disambig}} [[da:Balance]] [[de:Balance]] <!--[[de:Waage (Begriffsklärung)]]--> [[es:Equilibrio]] [[fr:Balance]] [[is:Jafnvægi]] [[it:Bilancia]] [[he:מאזניים]] [[la:Libra]] [[nl:Balans]] [[ja:バランス]] [[pt:Libra]] [[ru:Весы]] [[simple:Balance]]