equilibrate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to balance equally; keep in equipoise or equilibrium.
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to be in equilibrium with; counterpoise.
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of equilibrate
1625–35; < Late Latin aequilībrātus, past participle of aequilībrāre to be in equilibrium; see -ate 1
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Greenspan’s faith that self discipline would effectively equilibrate financial markets proved to be his blind spot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Without the sunlight — an external source of energy — the temperature of the rod will equilibrate to the temperature of its environment.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023
“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.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021
So we predict that as gender ratios of the faculty equilibrate in the future and male and female professors gain experience at an equal rate, this subtle mean difference will go away entirely.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2018
A Rule to equilibrate Solids in the water.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galilei, Galileo
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.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
The way that footballs are pumped, equilibrated to the right temperature, and tested for pressure requires uniformity and perhaps transparency.
From Time ● Jan. 29, 2015
What I dream of," he wrote, "is an art that is equilibrated, pure and calm, free of disturbing subject matter ... a means of soothing the soul . . . like a comfortable armchair.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through disuse of the sword and the spade their hands were directly equilibrated towards smallness.
From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)
Vertically beneath a small sphere suspended from the equilibrated beam of a balance a second sphere is placed at a distance of a centimetre.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
If the temperature is equilibrating and the tank is no longer venting substances in the air, one possibility is that the reaction could be done.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
I fear that those institutions are being so fundamentally damaged that their traditionally equilibrating mechanisms might not work.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
“There are still a lot of equilibrating mechanisms built into our system — not just political, but economic,” Putnam said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2022
There will be more equilibrating forces than wages only, e.g. education or migration, but it can be reasonable to concentrate on wages.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas
Cyon insists that the sense of vision is of great importance to the dancer in orienting and equilibrating itself.
From The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior by Yerkes, Robert M.
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