different between equilibrate vs equilibration

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Late Latin *aequil?br?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?kw??l?b?e?t/, /i??kw?l?b?e?t/

Verb

equilibrate (third-person singular simple present equilibrates, present participle equilibrating, simple past and past participle equilibrated)

1. (transitive) To balance, or bring into equilibrium.
   • 2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th ed., Springer 2010, p.?303

     [Walras] was well aware of the indirect influences of the changes in the other prices, but he assumed that these influences were some equilibrating and some disequilibrating, so that up to a certain point they cancelled each other out; hence the prevailing effect war the stabilizing one of the ‘own’ price.

2. (intransitive) To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium.

Synonyms

• equilibrize

Related terms

• equilibrium
• equilibrize

Translations

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eku?ili?brate/, /ekvili?brate/

Verb

equilibrate

1. adverbial present passive participle of equilibrar

Italian

Adjective

equilibrate

1. feminine plural of equilibrato

Verb

equilibrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of equilibrare
2. second-person plural imperative of equilibrare

Participle

equilibrate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of equilibrare
2. feminine plural of the past participle of equilibrarsi

English

Noun

equilibration (countable and uncountable, plural equilibrations)

1. The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium

Related terms

• equilibrate