Equilibrate
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To balance, or bring into equilibrium. transitive
"[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 bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium wordnet
- 3 To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium. intransitive
- 4 bring into balance or equilibrium wordnet
Example
More examples"[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."
Etymology
From the participle stem of Late Latin *aequilībrō.
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