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equilibration|iːkwɪl(a)ɪˈbreɪʃən|
Also 7–8 æquilibration.
[f. as prec.: see -ation.]
The action of bringing into or keeping in equilibrium; the state or condition of being evenly balanced. Applied both to material and immaterial things. Const. to, with. arch of equilibration (see quot.).
1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. xiv. 149 And so the opposite halfs of the earth..be brought on all sides, about the center, unto a perfect equilibration. 1625Jackson Creed v, vii. Wks. IV. 60 Simple Atheism consists in an equilibration of the mind. 1664Power Exp. Philos. ii. 102 It comes to an æquilibration with those circumjacent Bodies. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 111 ⁋3 Drowsy equilibrations of undetermined counsel. 1772Hutton Bridges 16 ABCD shall be an arch of equilibration, or be in equilibrium in all its parts. 1819Playfair Nat. Phil. I. 147 An arch, of which the parts balance one another in this manner [by their weight only], is called an Arch of Equilibration. 1869Tyndall in Fortn. Rev. Feb. 228 The position of every atom..is determined by the equilibration of these two forces. |