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equilibration

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e⋅quil⋅i⋅brate

  [i-kwil-uh-breyt, ee-kwuh-lahy-breyt, ek-wuh-] verb, -brat⋅ed, -brat⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to balance equally; keep in equipoise or equilibrium.
2. to be in equilibrium with; counterpoise.
–verb (used without object)
3. to be in equilibrium; balance.
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Origin:
1625–35; < LL aequilībrātus, ptp. of aequilībrāre to be in equilibrium; see -ate 1

Related forms:
e⋅quil⋅i⋅bra⋅tion, noun
e⋅quil⋅i⋅bra⋅tor, noun
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e·quil·i·brate   (ĭ-kwĭl'ə-brāt')   
v.   e·quil·i·brat·ed, e·quil·i·brat·ing, e·quil·i·brates

v.   intr.
To be in or bring about equilibrium.
v.   tr.
To maintain in or bring into equilibrium.
e·quil'i·bra'tion n., e·quil'i·bra·to'ry (-brə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: equil·i·brate
Pronunciation: i-'kwil-&-"brAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -brat·ed; -brat·ing
transitive senses
: to bring into or keep in equilibrium equilibrate intransitive senses
: to bring about, come to, or be in equilibrium —equil·i·bra·tion /-"kwil-&-'brA-sh&n/ noun —equil·i·bra·to·ry /-'kwil-&-br&-"tOr-E, -"tor-/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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equilibration e·quil·i·bra·tion (ĭ-kwĭl'ə-brā'shən)
n.

  1. The development or maintenance of an equilibrium.

  2. The process of exposing a liquid to a gas that is at a certain partial pressure until the partial pressures of the gas inside and outside the liquid are equal.

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