balancer

noun

bal·​anc·​er ˈba-lən(t)-sər How to pronounce balancer (audio)
: one that balances
specifically : haltere

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What to Know The General Fund essentially operates as a check balancer for the U.S. government. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025 Load balancers distribute incoming traffic evenly across servers, preventing bottlenecks and maintaining optimal response times. Eero Teerikorpi, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 Load balancers further enhance redundancy by redistributing traffic from failing servers to healthy ones, maintaining system performance and availability. Eero Teerikorpi, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 Things only get trickier for would-be budget balancers from there. Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for balancer

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of balancer was in the 15th century

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“Balancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balancer. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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