Balanced step
any of a series of staircase winders so planned that they are nearly as wide at the inside of the stair as the adjacent fliers.
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a slate of candidates chosen to appeal to a wide range of voters, especially by including members of large regional, ethnic, or religious groups.
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- Balanced valve
a valve designed so that pressure-induced forces from the fluid being controlled oppose one another so that resistance to opening and closing the valve is negligible. Historical Examples This engine has a balanced valve and automatic cut-off, and is fitted with a reversing-gear for use on the road. A History of the Growth of the […]
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balanced tree algorithm An optimisation of a tree which aims to keep equal numbers of items on each subtree of each node so as to minimise the maximum path from the root to any leaf node. As items are inserted and deleted, the tree is restructured to keep the nodes balanced and the search paths […]
- Balancer
a person or thing that balances. Entomology, halter2 . an acrobat, rope-dancer, or tumbler. Contemporary Examples Almost all Asian nations want America as the balancer and protector against an increasingly demanding Beijing. Obama’s Next Headache Leslie H. Gelb November 2, 2010 Historical Examples In the long run Honour, confound it, got a bit of a […]