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For meanings of the word balance, or imbalance see:
- 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
- Ballance, a 2004 puzzle computer game
- Balance (In Urdu:Mizan or ميزان) is a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, a Pakistani Sunni Islamic scholar.
- Balance Bar, a popular nutritional energy bar
[edit] Music
- Balance (band), a 1980s pop/rock group
- Balance (album), an album by Van Halen
- Balance (Kim-Lian album), an album by Kim-Lian
- Balance (rapper), rapper from the Bay Area
- Imbalance (band), an American rock band
- Balance (dance move), a move in waltz dances
[edit] Similar terms
- Balanced line (electronics)
- Rebalancing (investment), an action to bring investments in line with target asset allocation
[edit] See also
- Chemical equilibrium
- Dynamic equilibrium
- Mechanical equilibrium
- Economic equilibrium
- Stability
