"balancing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: balancings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} balancing (plural balancings)
  1. An action wherein someone balances or something is balanced Hyponyms: self-balancing Derived forms: balancing act, zero balancing Translations (Translations): tasapainoilu (Finnish), tasapainotus (Finnish), Balancieren [neuter] (German), balansare [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-balancing-en-noun-dGM00jVa

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} balancing
  1. present participle and gerund of balance Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: balance
    Sense id: en-balancing-en-verb-T24nPgV0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86

Inflected forms

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