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balancement

balancement noun: the act or result of balancing or adjusting; balance.

Noun

balancement

  1. The act or result of balancing or adjusting; balance.
    • The elder Geoffroy and Goethe propounded, at about the same period, their law of compensation or balancement of growth; […]1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Laws of Variation”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 147

Origin of balancement

From balance + -ment.

Questions about balancement

What does balancement mean?
Balancement means the act or result of balancing or adjusting; balance.
What part of speech is balancement?
Balancement is a noun.

Words near balancement in the dictionary

  1. balancedness
  2. balancelle
  3. balancelles
  4. balanceman
  5. balancemen
  6. balancement
  7. balancer
  8. balancers
  9. balances
  10. balances of payments
  11. balances of power

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