equilibrate
verb (used with object)
to balance equally; keep in equipoise or equilibrium.
equilibrator
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a word derived from
equilibrate.
Example Sentences
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As the Cape Hatteras travels around the gulf, water will be pumped into a device called a seawater equilibrator in which gases in the water are equalized with air.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2010
This last device, called an "equilibrator," was supposed to touch the water, keeping the dirigible at an altitude of 200 ft.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the warm sun should cause the ship to rise, the equilibrator would act as ballast.
From Time Magazine Archive
The equilibrator bounced from wave to wave, threatened to wreck the ship.
From Time Magazine Archive
A curious feature of this craft was the guide rope or, as Wellman called it, the equilibrator, which was made of steel, jointed and hollow.
From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
