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Equilibration

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n. The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise.

n. The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Equipoise; the act of keeping the balance even; the state of being equally balanced; the maintenance of equilibrium.

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n. stabilization by bringing into equilibrium

Word Usage

"And the highest form of evolution is reached when there is a harmony between concentration and differentiation, a harmony which Spencer calls equilibration and which he defines as a moving equilibrium."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stabilization stabilisation

Cross Reference

law of equilibration artificial equilibration

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

equipoise

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

disembarkment isomerism re-introduction atresponding reunification