Equilibration

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Equilibration \E`qui*li*bra"tion\, n.
     1. Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced;
        equipoise.
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              In . . . running, leaping, and dancing, nature's


              laws of equilibration are observed.   --J. Denham.
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     2. (Biol.) The process by which animal and vegetable
        organisms preserve a physiological balance. --H. Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  equilibration
       n : stabilization by bringing into equilibrium