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BALANCER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balancer mean? 

BALANCER (noun)
  The noun BALANCER has 2 senses:

1. an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positionsplay

2. either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flightplay

  Familiarity information: BALANCER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BALANCER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("balancer" is a kind of...):

acrobat (an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination)

Derivation:

balance (hold or carry in equilibrium)

balance (be in equilibrium)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

balancer; halter; haltere

Hypernyms ("balancer" is a kind of...):

wing (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))

Holonyms ("balancer" is a part of...):

dipteran; dipteron; dipterous insect; two-winged insects (insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing)

Derivation:

balance (hold or carry in equilibrium)

balance (be in equilibrium)


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