EQUILIBRATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does equilibrate mean?
• EQUILIBRATE (verb)
The verb EQUILIBRATE has 2 senses:
1. bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium
2. bring into balance or equilibrium
Familiarity information: EQUILIBRATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EQUILIBRATE (verb)
Meaning:
Bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "equilibrate" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Bring into balance or equilibrium
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
balance; equilibrise; equilibrize; equilibrate
Context examples:
She has to balance work and her domestic duties / balance the two weights
Hypernyms (to "equilibrate" is one way to...):
fit; match (make correspond or harmonize)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "equilibrate"):
complement (make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to)
compensate; correct; counterbalance; even off; even out; even up; make up (adjust for)
cancel; offset; set off (make up for)
countervail; offset (compensate for or counterbalance)
trim (balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
