Dictionary entry

Equilibration

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.