HOMOEOSTASES Synonyms

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra

• a state of equilibrium

• the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

• equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

• harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

• equality of distribution

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

• (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

• a weight that balances another weight

• a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

• a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

• bring into balance or equilibrium

• compute credits and debits of an account

• hold or carry in equilibrium

• be in equilibrium

• a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

• a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates

• equality of distribution

• a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head

• (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes

• the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast

• a stable order (especially of society)

• the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation