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equilibrate

[ ih-kwil-uh-breyt, ee-kwuh-lahy-breyt, ek-wuh- ]

verb (used with object)

equilibrated, equilibrating.
  1. to balance equally; keep in equipoise or equilibrium.
  2. to be in equilibrium with; counterpoise.


verb (used without object)

equilibrated, equilibrating.
  1. to be in equilibrium; balance.

equilibrate

/ ˌiːkwɪˈlaɪbreɪt; ˌiːkwɪlaɪˈbreɪʃən; ɪˈkwɪlɪˌbreɪt; ɪˈkwɪlɪˌbreɪtə; ɪˌkwɪlɪ- /

verb

  1. to bring to or be in equilibrium; balance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • equilibration, noun
  • equilibrator, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ܾi·tDz noun
  • ·ܾi·tǰ noun
  • ܲe·ܾi·e adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of equilibrate1

1625–35; < Late Latin ܾīٳܲ, past participle of ܾī to be in equilibrium; -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of equilibrate1

C17: from Late Latin ܾī, from ܾī in balance; see equilibrium
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Example Sentences

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Without the sunlight — an external source of energy — the temperature of the rod will equilibrate to the temperature of its environment.

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“There are still a lot of equilibrating mechanisms built into our system — not just political, but economic,” Putnam said.

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“Whenever there is a new recommendation, there are the early adopters who are extremely eager to want to get that booster right now,” she said, adding that “supply and demand will equilibrate in short order.”

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I said,” No, she just has an elevated body temperature, because we’ve been sitting in a car that’s equilibrated with the outdoor weather.”

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Here, climate sensitivity refers to the global warming after climate has equilibrated to a doubling of CO2 concentration relative to pre-industrial levels, an equilibrium that might take a few hundred years to establish8.

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