Lexic.us

Definition of Balanced

1. Adjective. Being in a state of proper equilibrium. "The educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"

Definition of Balanced

1. Adjective. ¹

2. Verb. (past of balance) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Balanced

1. balance [v] - See also: balance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balanced

Literary usage of Balanced

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups by Harvey Daniels (2002)
"How Literature Circles Fit in a balanced Reading Program When we discuss literature circles, we're talking about just a fraction of the school day, week, ..."

2. Manual of Composition and Rhetoric by John Hays Gardiner, George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold (1907)
"balanced SENTENCES Balance is of the same nature as antithesis, except that it does ... Two phrases or clauses are balanced when they have a similar form, ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"The sudden jerk at m pushed over a nicely balanced table, upon which had been placed nearly all the chairs and other furniture in the room. ..."

4. Elements of Agriculture by George Frederick Warren (1909)
"This question is best answered by formulating properly balanced rations containing ... Cautions in Using balanced Rations. The nutritive ratio may vary ..."

5. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt, Thomas & Watt (1903)
"One of the most satisfactory is the balanced or butterfly valve. ... Where balanced valves are placed in culverts they are usually made a little higher than ..."

6. Essentials of Alternating Currents by William Henry Timbie, Henry Harold Higbie (1919)
"Measurement of Power and Power Factor in a balanced Three-wire Three-phase ... Total power carried by any three-phase system, balanced or unbalanced, ..."

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