equilibrate

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Late Latin *aequilībrō.

Pronunciation

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

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 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.

   • 2024, Lapo Bini, Lucrezia Reichlin and Giovanni Ricco, “A Hundred Years of Business Cycles and the Phillips Curve”, in CEPR Discussion Papers, number DP19552, CEPR, page 9:

     Their equilibrium level is due to both trend inflation and $r^{*}$, the real neutral rate of interest that equilibrates the economy in the long run.

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

Synonyms

• equilibrize

Related terms

• equilibrium
• equilibrize

Translations

to balance, or bring into equilibrium

• Bulgarian: уравновесявам (bg) (uravnovesjavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: （使）平衡

• Finnish: tasapainottaa (fi)
• Romanian: echilibra (ro)
• Spanish: equilibrar (es)

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eku̯iliˈbrate/, /ekviliˈbrate/

Verb

equilibrate

1. adverbial present passive participle of equilibrar

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

equilibrate

1. feminine plural of equilibrato

Participle

equilibrate f pl

1. feminine plural of equilibrato

Etymology 2

Verb

equilibrate

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

Spanish

Verb

equilibrate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of equilibrar combined with te