Equilibration
1. Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise. In . . . Running, leaping, and dancing, natures laws of equilibration are observed. (j. Denham)
2. (Science: biology) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.
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