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Equilibrate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To be in or bring about equilibrium.

v. To maintain in or bring into equilibrium.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To balance, or bring into equilibrium.

v. To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To balance equally; keep even with equal weight on each side; keep in equipoise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. bring into balance or equilibrium

v. bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium

Word Usage

"Dave, as Ive pointed out, my principle issue with Lubos is his utterly unsuported claim that there is effectivley no “thermal inertia” in the earth’s system, becaus the time for the oceans to equilibrate is too short."

Verb Form

equilibrated equilibrates equilibrating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

turn change state

Form

equilibrated equilibrating

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

balance counterpoise