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actinic balanceBolometer Bo*lom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? a stroke, ray + -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant
heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; --
called also actinic balance, thermic balance. --S. P.
Langley. Axis of a balanceAxis Ax"is, n.; pl. Axes. [L. axis axis, axle. See Axle.]
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body,
on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line
passing through a body or system around which the parts are
symmetrically arranged.
2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the
different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged;
as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone,
that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the
center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight
line passing through the center.
3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal
support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the
central line of any body. --Gray.
4. (Anat.)
(a) The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra
dentata.
(b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is
prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first
vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process
or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head
to turn upon.
5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in
describing the position of the planes by which a crystal
is bounded.
6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any
design.
Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the
strata slope downward on the two opposite sides.
Synclinal axis, a line from which the strata slope upward
in opposite directions, so as to form a valley.
Axis cylinder (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central
substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also axis band,
axial fiber, and cylinder axis.
Axis in peritrochio, the wheel and axle, one of the
mechanical powers.
Axis of a curve (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a
system of parallel chords of a curve; called a principal
axis, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it
divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the
parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has
two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two
axes of the ellipse are the major axis and the minor
axis, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the
transverse axis and the conjugate axis.
Axis of a lens, the straight line passing through its
center and perpendicular to its surfaces.
Axis of a telescope or microscope, the straight line with
which coincide the axes of the several lenses which
compose it.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in a plane, two straight lines
intersecting each other, to which points are referred for
the purpose of determining their relative position: they
are either rectangular or oblique.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in space, the three straight lines
in which the co["o]rdinate planes intersect each other.
Axis of a balance, that line about which it turns.
Axis of oscillation, of a pendulum, a right line passing
through the center about which it vibrates, and
perpendicular to the plane of vibration.
Axis of polarization, the central line around which the
prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster.
Axis of revolution (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line
about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the
several points of the line or plane shall describe circles
with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes
perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of
revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution.
Axis of symmetry (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which
divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when
folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other
part.
Axis of the equator, ecliptic, horizon (or other circle
considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies),
the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the
plane of the circle. --Hutton.
Axis of the Ionic capital (Arch.), a line passing
perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the
volute.
Neutral axis (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the
horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression,
exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder.
Optic axis of a crystal, the direction in which a ray of
transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All
crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial
or biaxial.
Optic axis, Visual axis (Opt.), the straight line passing
through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the
surface of the eye.
Radical axis of two circles (Geom.), the straight line
perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such
that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles
shall be equal to each other.
Spiral axis (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn
spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without.
Axis of abscissas and Axis of ordinates. See Abscissa. Balance
Balance Bal"ance, v. i.
1. To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as,
the scales balance.
2. To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force;
to waver; to hesitate.
He would not balance or err in the determination of
his choice. --Locke.
3. (Dancing) To move toward a person or couple, and then
back.
balanceBalance wheel Bal"ance wheel`
1. (Horology)
(a) A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch
or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock;
-- often called simply a balance.
(b) A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is
acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in
those watches called a balance).
2. (Mach.) A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements
of any engine or machine; a fly wheel. Balance dockDock Dock, n. [Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL.
doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr. ?
receptacle, fr. ? to receive.]
1. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a
harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and
provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the
tide.
2. The slip or water way extending between two piers or
projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; --
sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down
on the dock.
3. The place in court where a criminal or accused person
stands.
Balance dock, a kind of floating dock which is kept level
by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the
compartments of side chambers.
Dry dock, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped
out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls
and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep
water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in
constructing or repairing ships. The name includes
structures used for the examination, repairing, or
building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks,
hydraulic docks, etc.
Floating dock, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and,
by floating, to lift a vessel out of water.
Graving dock, a dock for holding a ship for graving or
cleaning the bottom, etc.
Hydraulic dock, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of
the water by hydraulic presses.
Naval dock, a dock connected with which are naval stores,
materials, and all conveniences for the construction and
repair of ships.
Sectional dock, a form of floating dock made in separate
sections or caissons.
Slip dock, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from
deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a
railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship.
Wet dock, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a
given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of
ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a
basin. balance fishHammerhead Ham"mer*head`, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zyg[ae]na,
having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the
head, which gives it a hammer shape. The Sphyrna
zyg[ae]na is found in the North Atlantic. Called also
hammer fish, and balance fish. Balance rudderRudder Rud"der, n. [OE. rother, AS. r[=o][eth]er a paddle;
akin to D. roer rudder, oar, G. ruder, OHG. roadar, Sw.
roder, ror, Dan. roer, ror. [root] 8. See Row to propel
with an oar, and cf. Rother. ]
1. (Naut.) The mechanical appliance by means of which a
vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad
and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank,
and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one
edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it
can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a
tiller, wheel, or other attachment.
2. Fig.: That which resembles a rudder as a guide or
governor; that which guides or governs the course.
For rhyme the rudder is of verses. --Hudibras.
Balance rudder (Naut.), a rudder pivoted near the middle
instead of at the edge, -- common on sharpies.
Drop rudder (Naut.), a rudder extending below the keel so
as to be more effective in steering.
Rudder chain (Naut.), one of the loose chains or ropes
which fasten the rudder to the quarters to prevent its
loss in case it gets unshipped, and for operating it in
case the tiller or the wheel is broken.
Rudder coat (Naut.), a covering of tarred canvas used to
prevent water from entering the rudderhole.
Rudder fish. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The pilot fish.
(b) The amber fish (Seriola zonata), which is bluish
having six broad black bands.
(c) A plain greenish black American fish (Leirus
perciformis); -- called also black rudder fish,
logfish, and barrel fish. The name is also applied
to other fishes which follow vessels.
Rudder pendants (Naut.), ropes connected with the rudder
chains. Balance wheelBalance wheel Bal"ance wheel`
1. (Horology)
(a) A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch
or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock;
-- often called simply a balance.
(b) A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is
acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in
those watches called a balance).
2. (Mach.) A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements
of any engine or machine; a fly wheel. Balanceable
Balanceable Bal"ance*a*ble, a.
Such as can be balanced.
Balancement
Balancement Bal"ance*ment, n.
The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even
adjustment of forces. [R.] --Darwin.
Balancer
Balancer Bal"an*cer, n.
1. One who balances, or uses a balance.
2. (Zo["o]l.) In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing.
Balancereef
Balancereef Bal"ance*reef`, n. (Naut.)
The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the
ship.
Coin balanceCoin Coin (koin), n. [F. coin, formerly also coing, wedge,
stamp, corner, fr. L. cuneus wedge; prob. akin to E. cone,
hone. See Hone, n., and cf. Coigne, Quoin,
Cuneiform.]
1. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See
Coigne, and Quoin.
2. A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped
by government authority, making it legally current as
money; -- much used in a collective sense.
It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the
current coin of the realm. --Hallam.
3. That which serves for payment or recompense.
The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is
repaid in a nobler coin. --Hammond.
Coin balance. See Illust. of Balance.
To pay one in his own coin, to return to one the same kind
of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him.
[Colloq.] Compensated balanceCompensation Com`pen*sa"tion, n. [L. compensatio a weighing, a
balancing of accounts.]
1. The act or principle of compensating. --Emerson.
2. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent;
that which makes good the lack or variation of something
else; that which compensates for loss or privation;
amends; remuneration; recompense.
The parliament which dissolved the monastic
foundations . . . vouchsafed not a word toward
securing the slightest compensation to the
dispossessed owners. --Hallam.
No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.
--Burke.
3. (Law)
(a) The extinction of debts of which two persons are
reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are
reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a
credit of equal amount; a set-off. --Bouvier.
--Wharton.
(b) A recompense or reward for some loss or service.
(c) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale
of real estate, in which it is customary to provide
that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but
shall be the subject of compensation.
Compensation balance, or Compensated balance, a kind of
balance wheel for a timepiece. The rim is usually made of
two different metals having different expansibility under
changes of temperature, so arranged as to counteract each
other and preserve uniformity of movement.
Compensation pendulum. See Pendulum.
Syn: Recompense; reward; indemnification; consideration;
requital; satisfaction; set-off. Compensation balanceCompensation Com`pen*sa"tion, n. [L. compensatio a weighing, a
balancing of accounts.]
1. The act or principle of compensating. --Emerson.
2. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent;
that which makes good the lack or variation of something
else; that which compensates for loss or privation;
amends; remuneration; recompense.
The parliament which dissolved the monastic
foundations . . . vouchsafed not a word toward
securing the slightest compensation to the
dispossessed owners. --Hallam.
No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them.
--Burke.
3. (Law)
(a) The extinction of debts of which two persons are
reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are
reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a
credit of equal amount; a set-off. --Bouvier.
--Wharton.
(b) A recompense or reward for some loss or service.
(c) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale
of real estate, in which it is customary to provide
that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but
shall be the subject of compensation.
Compensation balance, or Compensated balance, a kind of
balance wheel for a timepiece. The rim is usually made of
two different metals having different expansibility under
changes of temperature, so arranged as to counteract each
other and preserve uniformity of movement.
Compensation pendulum. See Pendulum.
Syn: Recompense; reward; indemnification; consideration;
requital; satisfaction; set-off. CounterbalanceCounterbalance Coun`ter*bal"ance (-b?l"ans), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Counterbalanced (-anst); p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterbalancing.]
To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the
power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to
balance.
The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the
mercurial cylinder. --Boyle.
The cstudy of mind is necessary to counterbalance and
correct the influence of the study of nature. --Sir W.
Hamilton. Counterbalance
Counterbalance Coun"ter*bal`ance (koun"t?r-b?l`ans), n.
A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing
another; as:
(a) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly
wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the
opposite side of the wheel.
(b) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a
drawbridge or a scale beam.
Money is the counterbalance to all other things
purchasable by it. --Locke.
CounterbalancedCounterbalance Coun`ter*bal"ance (-b?l"ans), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Counterbalanced (-anst); p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterbalancing.]
To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the
power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to
balance.
The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the
mercurial cylinder. --Boyle.
The cstudy of mind is necessary to counterbalance and
correct the influence of the study of nature. --Sir W.
Hamilton. Equibalance
Equibalance E`qui*bal"ance, n. [Equi- + balance.]
Equal weight; equiponderance.
EquibalanceEquibalance E`qui*bal"ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Equibalanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Equibalancing.]
To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to
counterbalance; to equiponderate. EquibalancedEquibalance E`qui*bal"ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Equibalanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Equibalancing.]
To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to
counterbalance; to equiponderate. Hydrostatic balanceHydrostatic Hy`dro*stat"ic, Hydrostatical Hy`dro*stat"ic*al,
a. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. ? causing to stand: cf. F. hydrostatique.
See Static.]
Of or relating to hydrostatics; pertaining to, or in
accordance with, the principles of the equilibrium of fluids.
The first discovery made in hydrostatics since the time
of Archimedes is due to Stevinus. --Hallam.
Hydrostatic balance, a balance for weighing substances in
water, for the purpose of ascertaining their specific
gravities.
Hydrostatic bed, a water bed.
Hydrostatic bellows, an apparatus consisting of a
water-tight bellowslike case with a long, upright tube,
into which water may be poured to illustrate the
hydrostatic paradox.
Hydrostatic paradox, the proposition in hydrostatics that
any quantity of water, however small, may be made to
counterbalance any weight, however great; or the law of
the equality of pressure of fluids in all directions.
Hydrostatic press, a machine in which great force, with
slow motion, is communicated to a large plunger by means
of water forced into the cylinder in which it moves, by a
forcing pump of small diameter, to which the power is
applied, the principle involved being the same as in the
hydrostatic bellows. Also called hydraulic press, and
Bramah press. In the illustration, a is a pump with a
small plunger b, which forces the water into the cylinder
c, thus driving upward the large plunder d, which performs
the reduced work, such as compressing cotton bales, etc. NonchalanceNonchalance Non`cha`lance", n. [F. See Nonchalant.]
Indifference; carelessness; coolness. Outbalance
Outbalance Out*bal"ance, v. t.
To outweight; to exceed in weight or effect.
Let dull Ajax bear away my right When all his days
outbalance this one night. --Dryden.
Overbalance
Overbalance O`ver*bal"ance, v. t.
1. To exceed equality with; to outweigh. --Locke.
2. To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.
Overbalance
Overbalance O"ver*bal`ance, n.
Excess of weight or value; something more than an equivalent;
as, an overbalance of exports. --J. Edwards.
Roman balanceRoman Ro"man, a. [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain.
Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]
1. Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or
characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done
by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman
art.
2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion;
professing that religion.
3. (Print.)
(a) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type
ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic
characters.
(b) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i.,
iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from
the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.
Roman alum (Chem.), a cubical potassium alum formerly
obtained in large quantities from Italian alunite, and
highly valued by dyers on account of its freedom from
iron.
Roman balance, a form of balance nearly resembling the
modern steelyard. See the Note under Balance, n., 1.
Roman candle, a kind of firework (generally held in the
hand), characterized by the continued emission of shower
of sparks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant
balls or stars of fire which are thrown upward as they
become ignited.
Roman Catholic, of, pertaining to, or the religion of that
church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a
Roman Catholic priest; the Roman Catholic Church.
Roman cement, a cement having the property of hardening
under water; a species of hydraulic cement.
Roman law. See under Law.
Roman nose, a nose somewhat aquiline.
Roman ocher, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and
durable, used by artists. --Ure.
Roman order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite,
a., 2. thermic balanceBolometer Bo*lom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? a stroke, ray + -meter.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant
heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; --
called also actinic balance, thermic balance. --S. P.
Langley. Torsion balanceTorsion Tor"sion, n. [F., fr. LL. torsio, fr. L. torquere,
tortum, to twist. See Torture.]
1. The act of turning or twisting, or the state of being
twisted; the twisting or wrenching of a body by the
exertion of a lateral force tending to turn one end or
part of it about a longitudinal axis, while the other is
held fast or turned in the opposite direction.
2. (Mech.) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of
any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of
rest after it has been twisted; torsibility.
Angle of torsion (of a curve) (Geom.), the indefinitely
small angle between two consecutive osculating planes of a
curve of double curvature.
Moment of torsion (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal and
opposite couples which tend to twist a body.
Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating
very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions
and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or
fiber having at its lower extremity a horizontal bar or
needle, upon which the forces act.
Torsion scale, a scale for weighing in which the fulcra of
the levers or beams are strained wires or strips acting by
torsion.
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