Balancing

  • 61on-the-car balancing — Balancing the wheel while it is still attached to the car. The opposite is off the car balancing …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 62balancing act — noun Date: 1954 an attempt to cope with several often conflicting factors or situations at the same time …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 63balancing contact — the contact between the upper and lower occlusal surfaces of the teeth (of the natural or artificial dentition) on the side opposite the working contact …

    Medical dictionary

  • 64balancing side — the segment of a denture or dental arch on the side opposite to that toward which the mandible is moved. The term pertains to occlusion and bears no relation to masticatory activity. Called also nonfunctioning s …

    Medical dictionary

  • 65balancing act — bal|anc|ing act [ bælənsıŋ ,ækt ] noun count the process of trying to achieve something that different groups will all be satisfied with …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 66Balancing item —   Represents differences between the sum of the components of natural gas supply and the sum of the components of natural gas disposition. These differences may be due to quantities lost or to the effects of data reporting problems. Reporting… …

    Energy terms

  • 67balancing figure — A figure that is inserted to make one total equal another. See: balance, balance off …

    Accounting dictionary

  • 68balancing act — UK [ˈbælənsɪŋ ˌækt] / US noun [singular] the process of trying to achieve something that different groups will all be satisfied with …

    English dictionary

  • 69balancing act — [ˈbælənsɪŋ ˌækt] noun [C] a difficult process in which you try to keep different groups satisfied, or try to do many different things at the same time …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 70balancing selection — /ˈbælənsɪŋ səlɛkʃən/ (say baluhnsing suhlekshuhn) noun a mode of natural selection which allows for the existence of multiple alleles in a population. Compare directional selection, purifying selection …