What does librate mean?
Definitions for librate
li·brate
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Princeton's WordNet
weigh, librateverb
determine the weight of
"The butcher weighed the chicken"
librateverb
vibrate before coming to a total rest
"the children's swing librated"
Wiktionary
libratenoun
A piece of land having a value of one pound per year
librateverb
To oscillate (like the beam of a balance)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Librateverb
To poise; to balance; to hold in equipoise.
Etymology: libro, Latin.
ChatGPT
librate
To librate is to oscillate or move back and forth within certain limits or parameters. This term is often used in the fields of physics and astronomy, particularly to describe the balanced motion of celestial bodies such as planets, moons, or asteroids.
Webster Dictionary
Librateverb
to vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised
Librateverb
to poise; to balance
Etymology: [L. libratus, p. p. of librare to balance, to make even, fr. libra. Cf. Level, Deliberate, Equilibrium.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Librate
lī′brāt, v.t. to poise: to balance.—v.i. to move slightly: to be poised.—n. Librā′tion, balancing: a state of equipoise: a slight swinging motion.—adj. Lī′bratory.—Libration of the moon, an apparent irregularity in the moon's motion, whereby its globe seems to turn slightly round to each side alternately. [L. librāre, -ātum—libra, balance.]
Anagrams for librate »
altbier
trilabe
triable
betrail
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of librate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of librate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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