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balance
  ۱) ترازو؛ ۲) تراز، ترازمندی   
1) tarâzu; 2) tarâz, tarâzmandi

Fr.: balance   

1a) A weighing device.
1b) The constellation → Libra.
2) A state of equilibrium.

M.E balaunce, from O.Fr. balance "balance, scales for weighing," from M.L. bilancia, from L.L. bilanx, from L. (libra) bilanx "(scale) having two pans," possibly from L. bis "twice" + lanx "dish, plate, scale of a balance."

Tarâzu, → Libra.

counterbalance
  پاتراز   
pâtarâz

Fr.: contrebalance   

An equal weight, power, or influence acting in opposition.

counter-; → balance.

geostrophic balance
  ترازمندی ِ زمین‌چرخشی   
tarâzmandi-ye zamincarxeši

Fr.: équilibre géostrophique   

Meteo.: The balance between the → Coriolis force and the → pressure gradient force. See also → geostrophic flow.

geostrophic; → balance.