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 Definition: [n]  stabilization by bringing into equilibrium
 
 See Also: stabilisation, stabilization

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\E`qui*li*bra"tion\, n.
1. Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced;
   equipoise.

         In . . . running, leaping, and dancing, nature's
         laws of equilibration are observed.   --J. Denham.

2. (Biol.) The process by which animal and vegetable
   organisms preserve a physiological balance. --H. Spenser.

 



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