equilibrate

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equilibrate

  • /iːkwɪˈlɪbɹeɪt/
  • /iːˈkwɪlɪbɹeɪt/

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From the participle stem of Late Latin *aequilībrō.

verb equilibrates · equilibrating · equilibrated

  1. transitive To balance, or bring into equilibrium. [Walras] was well aware of the indirect influences of the changes in the other prices, but he assumed that these influences were some equilibrating and some disequilibrating, so that up to a certain point they cancelled each other out; hence the prevailing effect war the stabilizing one of the ‘own’
  2. intransitive To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium.

Similar: equilibrize

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