Hyphenation of balance

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word balance? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

bal-ance

Definitions of balance:

1.
A state of equilibrium
2.
Equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
3.
Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
In all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance- John Ruskin
4.
Equality of distribution
5.
Something left after other parts have been taken away
There was no remainder He threw away the rest He took what he wanted and I got the balance
6.
The difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
7.
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
8.
The seventh sign of the zodiac
The sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
9.
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation
Exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
10.
A weight that balances another weight
11.
A wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine
Especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
12.
A scale for weighing
Depends on pull of gravity
13.
Bring into balance or equilibrium
She has to balance work and her domestic duties Balance the two weights
14.
Compute credits and debits of an account
15.
Hold or carry in equilibrium
16.
Be in equilibrium
He was balancing on one foot

Synonyms of balance:

noun equilibrium
noun scale, weighing machine
noun equality
noun proportion, placement, arrangement
noun equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance, structure, construction
noun remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest, part, portion, component part, component
noun remainder, difference
noun Libra, Balance, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
noun Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
noun symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, spatial property, spatiality
noun counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalizer, equaliser, weight
nounbalance wheel, wheel
verb equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise, match, fit
verb account, calculate
verb poise, hold, carry, bear
verb be

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