"balancer" meaning in English

See balancer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbæ.lən.sɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-balancer.wav [US] Forms: balancers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English -er English balancer From balance + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|balance|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance English -er English balancer [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "bilanx", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*bilancia", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "balance", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "balaunce", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "balance", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "balancer", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="balancer"> From balance + -er., {{ety|en|:af|balance|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi- Latin lanx Latin bilanx Vulgar Latin *bilancia Old French balancebor. Middle English balaunce English balance Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English balancer From balance + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} balancer (plural balancers)
  1. One who, or that which, balances.
    Sense id: en-balancer-en-noun-R~J3Fr7V
  2. An acrobat. Translations (acrobat): equilibrista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), balansista [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-balancer-en-noun-uK80THyM Disambiguation of 'acrobat': 3 96 1
  3. Any of the rear wings of certain insects used for stability in flight.
    Sense id: en-balancer-en-noun-6RpGEGVp Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 29 14 57 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 29 14 57 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 28 12 60 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 5 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 17 8 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 8 79 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 28 17 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 13 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 15 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: harmonic balancer, load balancer

Inflected forms

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