Part 3886

<hw>E`qui*lib"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Evenly poised; balanced.</def> <i>Dr. H. More</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>E`qui*lib"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Equilibrist</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E*quil"i*brist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer.</def>

<blockquote>When the <b>equilibrist</b> balances a rod upon his finger. <i>Stewart.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Equilibrity</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E`qui*lib"ri*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aequilibritas</ets> equal distribution. See <er>Equilibrium</er>.]</ety> <def>The state of being balanced; equality of weight.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>J. Gregory.</i>

<h1>Equilibrium</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E`qui*lib"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Equilibriums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Equilibria</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>aequilibrium</ets>, fr. <ets>aequilibris</ets> in equilibrium, level; <ets>aequus</ets> equal + <ets>libra</ets> balance. See <er>Equal</er>, and <er>Librate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; <as>as, to preserve the <ex>equilibrium</ex> of the body</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Health consists in the <b>equilibrium</b> between those two powers. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt.</def>

<cs><col>Equilibrium valve</col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>a balanced valve. See under <er>Valve</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Equimomental</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E`qui*mo*men"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Equi-</ets> + <ets>momental</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>Having equal moments of inertia.</def>

<note>&hand; Two bodies or systems of bodies are said to be <i>equimomental</i> when their moments of inertia about all straight lines are equal each to each.</note>

<cs><col>Equimomental cone of a given rigid body</col>, <cd>a conical surface that has any given vertex, and is described by a straight line which moves in such manner that the moment of inertia of the given rigid body about the line is in all its positions the same.</cd></cs>

<h1>Equimultiple</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E`qui*mul"ti*ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Equi-</ets> + <ets>multiple</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82quimultiple</ets>.]</ety> <def>Multiplied by the same number or quantity.</def>

<h1>Equimultiple</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E`qui*mul"ti*ple</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are <i>equimultiples</i> of 2 and 4.</def>

<h1>Equinal</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E*qui"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Equine</er>.</def> "An <i>equinal</i> shape."

<i>Heywood.</i>

<h1>Equine</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E"quine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>equinus</ets>, fr. <ets>equus</ets> horse; akin to Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>a<?/va</ets>, OS. <ets>ehu</ets>, AS. <ets>eh</ets>, <ets>eoh</ets>, Icel. <ets>j<?/r</ets>, OIr. <ets>ech</ets>, cf. Skr. <ets>a<?/</ets> to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. <ets>acute</ets>, <ets>edge</ets>, <ets>eager</ets>, <tt>a.</tt> Cf. <er>Hippopotamus</er>.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.</def>

<blockquote>The shoulders, body, things, and mane are <b>equine</b>; the head completely bovine. <i>Sir J. Barrow.</i></blockquote>