balanced line

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a transmission line in which the oppositely directed components are symmetrical with respect to each other and to the ground.

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Example Sentences

Smart performed as a tone-setter, finishing with a balanced line of 11 points, nine assists, five rebounds and four steals.

From Washington Post

A Fox News spokesperson said the “fair and balanced” line had not been used in any on-air promotion in 10 months but that the move was not a reflection of any change in the outlet’s editorial focus or programming.

From Los Angeles Times

Joe Peyronnin, a former CBS News executive and journalism professor at Hofstra University, said the statement "may have crossed the fair and balanced line."

From Los Angeles Times

“With our balanced line of high-quality, fuel-efficient products, we have a solid foundation to deliver more sales and improved results in 2011,” Ken Czubay, Ford’s vice president for United States marketing, sales and service, said in a statement.

From New York Times

Although some of Reagan's advisers clearly did not think he was being tough enough, he took a balanced Line, even speaking at one point about offering the East a Marshall Plan for the '80s and suggesting to the Soviets a new era of world cooperation.

From Time Magazine Archive