Balanced vs. Labile — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Balanced and Labile
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Definitions
Balanced
A weighing device, especially one consisting of a rigid beam horizontally suspended by a low-friction support at its center, with identical weighing pans hung at either end, one of which holds an unknown weight while the effective weight in the other is increased by known amounts until the beam is level and motionless. Also called scale.
Labile
Open to change; readily changeable or unstable
Labile chemical compounds.
Tissues with labile cell populations.
Balanced
A state of equilibrium or parity characterized by cancellation of all forces by equal opposing forces.
Labile
Fluctuating widely
Labile hypertension.
Labile emotions.
Balanced
The power or means to decide
Matters that fell outside the judge's balance.
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Labile
Decomposing readily
The labile component of organic matter.
Balanced
A state of bodily equilibrium
Thrown off balance by a gust of wind.
Labile
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Balanced
The ability to maintain bodily equilibrium
Gymnasts must have good balance.
Labile
Apt or likely to change.
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Balanced
A harmonious or satisfying arrangement or proportion of parts or elements, as in a design.
Labile
Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome.
Water ligands typically bind metals in a labile fashion and are rapidly interchanged in aqueous solution.
Balanced
An influence or force tending to produce equilibrium; counterpoise.
Labile
Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.
Balanced
The difference in magnitude between opposing forces or influences.
Labile
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Balanced
Equality of totals in the debit and credit sides of an account.
Labile
Liable or likely to change.
Balanced
The difference between such totals, either on the credit or the debit side.
Labile
Easily decomposed or inactivated when subjected to heat, radiation, or mildly acidic or alkaline conditions; - of chemical compounds; as, enzymes from thermophilic organisms are not as labile as those from mesophiles.
Balanced
Something that is left over; a remainder.
Labile
Open to change; liable to change;
An emotionally labile person
Balanced
(Chemistry) Equality of mass and net electric charge of reacting species on each side of an equation.
Labile
(chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown
Balanced
(Mathematics) Equality with respect to the net number of reduced symbolic quantities on each side of an equation.
Balanced
A balance wheel.
Balanced
To determine the weight of (something) in a weighing device.
Balanced
To consider and compare or assess
Balanced the pros and cons before making a choice.
Balanced
To bring into or maintain in a state of equilibrium.
Balanced
To act as an equalizing weight or force to; counterbalance.
Balanced
To compute the difference between the debits and credits of (an account).
Balanced
To reconcile or equalize the sums of the debits and credits of (an account).
Balanced
To settle (an account, for example) by paying what is owed.
Balanced
To bring into or keep in equal or satisfying proportion or harmony.
Balanced
Mathematics & Chemistry To bring (an equation) into balance.
Balanced
To move toward and then away from (a dance partner).
Balanced
To be in or come into equilibrium.
Balanced
To be equal or equivalent.
Balanced
To sway or waver as if losing or regaining equilibrium.
Balanced
To move toward and then away from a dance partner.
Balanced
Simple past tense and past participle of balance
Balanced
Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.
He believed he rarely got sick because of his balanced diet.
Balanced
Being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; - opposite of unbalanced.
Balanced
Being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium;
The carefully balanced seesaw
A properly balanced symphony orchestra
A balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history
A balanced blend of whiskeys
The educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers
Balanced
Total debits and credits are equal;
The books looked balanced