equilibrate

English edit

Etymology edit

From the participle stem of Late Latin *aequilībrō.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /iːkwɪˈlɪbɹeɪt/, /iːˈkwɪlɪbɹeɪt/

Verb edit

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

(transitive) To balance, or bring into equilibrium.
- 2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th edition, Springer, page 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.
(intransitive) To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium.