Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of balancing, or the state of being balanced.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.
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- noun The act or result of
balancing oradjusting ;equipoise .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Culture Warrior O'Reilly thinks Rosie is "flat out dangerous" and her far-left trespassing onto his fair-minded, opine-territory is threatening enough to fairness and balancement that the no-spinster was forced to protect impartiality by bringing on noted fair and balancer, Michelle Malkin, two shows in a row, to explain how the left is flat out dangerous.
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Geoffroy's main answer to this question is his _Loi de balancement_.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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Hilaire's _loi de balancement_ and also in Goethe's writings on morphology.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The minuteness of the episternals and the xiphisternals may be attributed to the gigantic size of the entosternal, in accordance with the _Loi de balancement_.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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He used Geoffroy's _Loi de balancement_ to explain cases of correlative development, such as the relation between the size of the front wings and the development of the mesothorax.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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THE ELDER Geoffroy and Goethe propounded, at about the same time, their law of compensation or balancement of growth; or, as Goethe expressed it, ΒIn order to spend on one side, nature is forced to economise on the other side.
V. Laws of Variation. Compensation and Economy of Growth 1909
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Mexia was displaying profound skill in the nice balancement of his tankard as the servant behind him refilled the measure.
Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903
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Accordingly, all his compositions ought to be played with that kind of accented, rhythmical balancement, that morbidezza, the secret of which it was difficult to seize if one had not often heard him play.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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All his compositions have to be played with this sort of balancement accentue et prosodie, this morbidezza, of which it was difficult to seize the secret when one had not heard him often.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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The elder Geoffroy and Goethe propounded, at about the same period, their law of compensation or balancement of growth; or, as Goethe expressed it, "in order to spend on one side, nature is forced to economise on the other side."
On the Origin of Species~ Chapter 05 (historical) Charles Darwin 1859
qroqqa commented on the word balancement
The elder Geoffroy and Goethe propounded, at about the same period, their law of compensation or balancement of growth; or, as Goethe expressed it, 'in order to spend on one side, nature is forced to economise on the other side.'
βOrigin of Species, ch. 5
The OED only has a later (1862) quote for this.
February 17, 2009