Which term means bringing into balance or equilibrium?

• A. The rate of doing work.
• B. The force applied to a unit area of surface.
• C. Bring into balance or equilibrium. Equal on both sides.
• D. The amount of time in minutes, hours, seconds.

Answer: (C)

Bringing something into balance or equilibrium is about making opposing sides equal or creating a steady state. The term that captures this action is equilibrate, which means to bring into balance or equilibrium, to make things equal on both sides. This directly describes the process of achieving balance.

The other ideas describe different concepts: power is the rate at which work is done, pressure is force per unit area, and time is a measure of duration. So the phrase that literally defines bringing into balance and being equal on both sides is the best choice.